A report by the EPC-CIICTI Group showed a drastic reduction in state investment in science and technology.
The adjustment in science does not stop. Regarding 2023, it lost a 30.4% state investment in science and technology in it budget national, according to the EPC-CIICTI Group, dedicated to studying the evolution of scientific policies at the national level.
The Group Economy.Politics.Science-Ibero-American Center for Research in Science, Technology and Innovation (EPC-CIICTI) detailed in its report “Budget Analysis of the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation – June 2024” the Javier Milei’s Government’s adjustment of the Science and Technology function the national budget. In organizations that carry out scientific research, falls are dramatic. For example, the Secretariat of Innovation, Science and Technology (former MinCyT) already lost almost 95% and the National Universities 85.6%.
“At the level of the Science and Technology Function, in just 6 months, 75.92% of the Credit has been executed, and there are organizations such as Conicet that have already executed 96% of their credit,” the report indicates.
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The wages of workers in the scientific-technological system are one of the most affected points. In relation to December 2023, In Conicet they fell by 26.3% in real terms, in National Universities by 25.9%; while in organizations dependent on the National Public Employment System by 16%.
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The Interuniversity Council complained about the “critical” salary situation of teachers and non-teaching staff
He National Interuniversity Council (CIN) He expressed this Thursday his “deep concern” in the face of the “critical and unacceptable” salary situation in the public university system. The meeting brought together rectors and representatives of all the teaching, non-teaching and student federations of the country (FATUN, FEDUN, CONADU, CONADU Historical, UDA, CTERA, FAGDUT and FUA).
Through a press release, they expressed: “We demand urgent salary adjustment for the teaching and non-teaching workers of the national public university system, the reactivation of the programs and student assistance devices and the updating of the amount allocated for scholarships.”
Source: Ambito
