In dialogue with Scope, Víctor Moriñigo, president of the National Interuniversity Council and rector of the National University of San Luis, explained that the published text seeks to “objectively communicate” the position of the study houses.
Asked about the statements of official officials that point against the accountability of universities and the alleged “invention of students,” He considered that it is “an old tactic” that consists of “paving, discrediting and then privatizing.” “But they found a university that, apparently due to the support of marches and meetings, has spectacular levels of acceptance,” he considered.
Universities deny the Government
“The public universities of Argentina speak out against the spread of a series of lies that involve them”begins the publication that was spread this Friday on social networks. In this framework, they point out that “It is false that universities invent students to collect more funds”in response to the harsh accusation made by different Government officials. “In Argentina, the university budget is not assigned to universities by number of students. It is updated according to the latest consolidated budget and takes into account various components such as teaching and non-teaching salaries, operating expenses and investment for science and technology,” argued the CIN official account.
Another of the main points of the statement states that “It is false that the poor are not in universities”: “48.5% of students enrolled in 2024 subjects are below the poverty line (EPH-INDEC). Almost seven out of every ten students of the 2 million that make up the Argentine public university system have fathers and mothers who didn’t go to university.
Another criticism that the ruling party made of the study houses is that they are not audited. In this regard, the universities responded: “The expenses of the universities are made up of 90% in salaries (registered) and 1’% in operating expenses (public services, cleaning, security, insurance, repairs and minimal equipment) which L gives upUniversities are the most controlled and audited public sector entities (they even lead the ranking prepared by the Transparency Agency of the Chief of Staff of the Nation). They have their own internal and external audits from the National Congress, plus their own and external management evaluations from the CONEAU. Every month they deliver their personnel and budget information to the Ministry of Human Capital.”
How much does a university worker earn?
According to the text published by the CIN, It is false that salaries in universities are above the public sector in general. “University workers have lost more than any other employee since December 2023, even more than public employees of the National State,” the statement explains.
Along the same lines, he details that The salaries of more than 85% of teachers at national universities are below the poverty line, while more than 60% of non-teachers are in the same situation. In turn, the loss of purchasing power of university workers during 2024 was more than 30%.
The study houses assure that it is also false that the University Financing Law threatens fiscal balance. “The University Financing Law approved in both chambers of the National Congress by a large majority represents just 0.14% of the GDP,” they noted.
Source: Ambito
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