the precise distribution of tasks and responsibilities between school providers and schools and therefore the degree of school autonomy for the use and management of resources will always depend on individual school providers and their schools mineduc ace and es santiago et al according to this survey of decisions in public lower secondary education are taken at the central level oecd average while local authorities and schools take and of key decisions respectively oecd average and respectively see figure the data thus demonstrate the important role of school providers in education governance in chile