The university rally began at the Obelisk in the city of Buenos Aires.
A new mobilization of the sector university student in defense of the budget for the faculties goes to Plaza de Mayo this afternoon. The march, which began at the Obelisk, moves towards Plaza De Mayo.
The mobilization was approved by university assemblies throughout the country, according to Pilar Barbas, a member of the University Federation of Buenos Aires (FUBA) and of the National University of the Arts.
Likewise, he asserted that the claim is immediate in relation to the university conflict, which “remains totally open.” And he added: “We ask for an extraordinary amount for teachers’ salaries, scholarships and the educational ticket since there is a debate about the 2025 budget that does not fully restore the salary situation of teachers and non-teachers.”in statements to Radio Provincia.
”The solution has to be now and not wait for the 2025 budget where it is already shown that there will be a cut in the university budget,” he concluded. At the same time, there are dozens of faculties throughout the country that continue to carry out protests after the veto of the University Financing law.
The Government advances with audits of universities
In the midst of multiple complaints, the Executive Branch continues with the plan of advance with the audits of the General Audit Office of the Nation (SIGEN), initiative that UBA rejected because it maintains that the President of the Nation wants to “intervene in public universities” in order to “control what is taught and learned.”
The entity reported, through a statement, that it will make a national and international call for all independent professionals to “carry out a special audit on its internal control system”, with the aim of providing transparent and publicly accessible data, at the same time. time that aims to “defend” the “principle of academic freedom” that it has always had.
Source: Ambito
