▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁independence ▁leader ▁Antonio ▁José ▁de ▁Su cre , ▁Mission ▁Su cre ▁establish es ▁as ▁a ▁strategy ▁the ▁mass ▁education ▁and ▁gradu ation ▁of ▁university ▁profession als ▁in ▁three ▁years , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁tradition ally ▁mand ated ▁five ▁or ▁more ▁years . ▁The ▁mission ▁is ▁thus ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁popular ize , ▁reform , ▁and ▁expand ▁Venez uel an ▁higher ▁education ▁beyond ▁its ▁traditional ▁role ▁of ▁educ ating ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁a ▁proportion ▁of ▁Venez uel ans ▁that ▁can ▁pay ▁for ▁coll ater al ▁costs ▁involved ▁while ▁studying ▁in ▁a ▁college ▁or ▁university , ▁due ▁to ▁une ven ▁ge ograph ically ▁distributed ▁high ▁education ▁instit utes ▁( transport ation ▁exp enses , ▁housing ). ▁The ▁program ▁is ▁thus ▁ge ared ▁especially ▁towards ▁econom ically ▁ex cluded ▁high ▁school ▁students ▁and ▁the ▁poor est ▁and ▁most ▁marg inal ized ▁segments ▁of ▁society , ▁providing ▁an ▁opportunity ▁for ▁all ▁people ▁des iring ▁a ▁higher ▁education . ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁mission , ▁certain ▁matters ▁and ▁subjects , ▁such ▁as ▁foreign ▁languages , ▁are ▁mostly ▁left ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁curr icul um . ▁The ▁program ▁functions ▁mostly ▁at ▁the ▁marg ins ▁of ▁the ▁Venez uel an ▁t ert i ary ▁education ▁system , ▁although ▁several ▁key ▁institutions , ▁such ▁as ▁Simon ▁Boliv ar ▁University , ▁have ▁end ors ed ▁the ▁program . ▁For ▁example , ▁thousands ▁of ▁non - trad itional , ▁mostly ▁low ▁income ▁students ▁are ▁currently ▁under going ▁training ▁to ▁become ▁lic ensed ▁phys icians ▁in ▁a ▁unique ▁and