In the midst of the conflict with national universities, the institution decided not to open registration for careers linked to the computer field. There is a lack of teachers, classrooms, computers and infrastructure in general.
The National University of Quilmes decided not to open registration for careers linked to the computer field until 2025. He did it due to budget cuts that resulted in the departure of teachers, shortages of materials and infrastructure. The decision was communicated moments ago by the rector to the professors and the rest of the authorities of the institution. According to Ámbito, there are about 3,500 applicants who will miss out on the possibility of accessing the new school year.
“Every October registration opens for the following year, but on this occasion the University of Quilmes will not be able to do so in computer science majors”A source who participated in the meeting between authorities and teachers that took place this Wednesday afternoon in the institution’s building told Ámbito.
When asked by this media, they explained that The drastic decision is made due to the budget cuts carried out by the national government and that results in a generalized scarcity of resources. Particularly noteworthy are the permanent resignation of teachers, the lack of classrooms and computers, and the deterioration of infrastructure.
Due to this measure, there will be about 3,500 applicants who will not be able to start studying in 2025, which represents close to 30% of new entrants. “It is a painful and unpleasant decision but also pragmatic. We prefer this rather than incurring in an academic scam, which would be a promise of adequate training that we know we will not be able to fulfill later,” stressed one of the authorities who participated in the meeting.
In that same meeting they anticipated that, due to the state of the situation, Next year, 45% of students who are already at the university will only be able to take one subject.
The deterioration of salary
According to data from the Ibero-American Center for Research in Science, Technology and InnovationSo far this year, Javier Milei’s government has reduced investment in universities by 31.6% in real terms in relation to 2023. The report indicates that this is the largest drop in its budget since the return of democracy in 1983.
The hardest impact is felt in salaries, which account for $85 of every $100 that the State spends on higher education. The lack of teachers is the main difficulty that universities will have to face next year.
In Quilmes yesterday they released alarming data: 55% of the workers are below the poverty line measured by the INDEC and 30% do not even reach the basic food basket that marks the line of indigence. This is a universe of workers in which 87% have university studies.
The myth of the university for the rich
One of the arguments that the Government uses to adjust the universities is that the popular classes do not use them: “It only serves the children of the rich,” President Javier Milei said days ago.
At the meeting, data was disseminated that conflicts with the official story: 51% of students at the National University of Quilmes work to be able to study, 78% are first generation university students and 82% have parents who do not have university degrees.
Source: Ambito
