third the management of educational programmes has shortcomings there is a strong sense among budget officials both in the ministry of education and in the ministry of finance dipres that there exist instances of multiple programmes serving similar goals and that efficiencies could be gained by either consolidating them or through better coordination fourth regional and provincial services of the ministry education regional secretariats secretarias regionales ministeriales seremi education provincial departments departamentos provinciates de educacion deprov appear to be large and more focused on ensuring compliance with the instructions and priorities of the ministry than in helping schools and school providers in managing their schools the chilean government set as an explicit aim to have an equality of opportunity floor so that all students have access to quality schools