“This university conflict responds more to political interests that to the needs of the educational system, because the educational claims They are all taken care of and resolved. It is urgent to prioritize education over political confrontations,” stated the ministry that leads Sandra Pettovello through a statement released tonight.
The Government, at war with the public universities, stated that are “up to date” and that the funds claimed have been paid “so that the teachers are in the classrooms teaching, ensuring that students do not continue to be victims of this unjustified situation”.
The Government denied the definancing of public universities
They then reiterated that “Public university education was never defunded” and that the Government’s commitment to the sector “has remained firm.” “Clarity was simply required in the management of the resources that were transferred”they remarked.
The ministry assured that, despite what the universities like the guilds, 192 billion pesos were transferred “in compliance with the agreement for increases in operating expenses.” According to the official statement, The disbursement represented an increase of 270%.
From the Executive they affirm that they were assigned “allocations for the operation of university hospitals and salary increases above the guidelines of the national State“. And that the proposal presented to the unions on Monday “aligns the remuneration of the university system with the National Public Employment System (SINEP).”
In that sense, the ministerial statement states that the universities “have decided to reject a proposal for additional salary increase of 6.8% for the month of October, equivalent to $17 billion monthly and $56 billion accumulated until the end of the year.” And they denounced that it is a decision that “directly impacts the educational system” and that puts the education of thousands of students at risk.
They also took the opportunity to cross the unions for refusing to accept the salary offer. “There is no interest in resolving the conflict; it is a political position promoted by the university unions,” questioned the Ministry.
After the vice-rector of the University of Buenos Aires, Emiliano Yacobitti, would affirm that More than 60% of teaching and non-teaching workers are poorthe government picked up the gauntlet and announced the salary scale. “L Full-time teachers earn close to $1.4 million monthly, while non-teachers with seniority earn around $1 million, both salaries well above the Total Basic Basket (CBT) of $300,000 for an equivalent adult”, so they stated that “there is no poverty among these sectors.”
In any case, they recognized that those who are dedicatedsimple tion “they receive lower salaries”, although they hid behind “They teach only once a week.”
Human Capital called the university march “political”
In that sense, from the Ministry that drives Pettovello They “emphatically rejected that the recent demonstrations and strikes respond to a true need for educational financing” and They accused the march of being “political” and not reflect “a defunding of the university or a harm to students.”
In addition to questioning the call for the march, The Government criticized the universities for “not allowing themselves to be audited”. “The universities, especially the UBA, have not been adequately accounted for. 89% of the funds transferred between 2015 and 2022 have not yet been rendered,” they stated in the statement.
The extensive document released this afternoon within hours of the new march also extends its questioning to the cost of foreigners. Although they stated that in the Faculty of Medicine There are 21.8% of students from other countriesofficial calculations assure that in the curriculum nationally they barely represent 5%.
Finally, in line with the complaint of the Secretary of Education, Carlos Torrendell, who accused the universities of “inventing students” to expand the positions, the statement from Human Capital ensures that “only 40.6% of university students are considered regular”while there is 38.4% of those who do not have clear information about their academic activity.
Source: Ambito
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