 Afterwards, he became Minister of Education from 1994-1998 duringJosé María Figueres' presidency.During that time, among some of the important initiatives implemented were those to establish technical education programs to upgrade the skills of the country's workforce, widespread use of computers in primary and secondary schools, the extension of the school year, and the introduction of more challenging curricula to the classroom.He was part of the team at the highest level of the Government that led the attraction of a new wave of foreign direct investment with a higher technological content.