The agency is expected to move forward with the review of the accounts of 61 public national universitiesfor which they will review 2,200 agreements with other State agencies or public companies. This was confirmed by the portfolio under the leadership of Sandra Pettovellowhich in its document maintains that with this process it seeks “ensure financial regularity and the legality of the procedures for the use of public resources and the liability regime of officials, imposing on them the obligation to account for their management; in addition to implement an internal control system“.
It is in this framework that the ministry confirms that “There is no collision between university autonomy and autarky and the control competence of SIGEN in the field of national universities.“. Citing the Law No. 24,156emphasize that SIGEN is empowered to “systematically and comprehensively examine the internal control prevailing in public sector organizations and entities, their operations and compliance with financial, legal and management responsibilities.”
“The control carried out by SIGEN is fundamental for adequate public management, since it implements and supervises the operation of tools that allow warn the responsible authority of the supervised body or entity about the risks that exist in the organization under their charge“, continues the document.
Finally, the ministry defines that ““When there is no control, the existence of an environment conducive to the occurrence of maneuvers that allow public money to be diverted to unwanted purposes is facilitated.”. “The lack of control over the application of the significant public funds that the National State allocates to the National Universities makes it possible for these resources to be used for purposes other than those for which they were assigned,” the statement concludes.
Budget 2025: Javier Milei’s government denied the definancing of public universities
In the legislative debate over the draft Budget 2025authorities of the Secretary of Education of the Nation They emphasized one of the points most criticized by the opposition blocs: the public university financing.
In this framework, the Undersecretary of University Policies, Alejandro Alvarezexplained the methodology to establish items for higher education. “Before there was no reasonableness in the distribution of the Budget. Do you know how the Budget was distributed before? By lobbying in this Congress. That representative who had the greatest ties with universities achieved higher Budget rates“, he said and assured that: “There is not a single program that is defunded today: we have 100% of the programs and careers of the universities funded.”
The official indicated that the Manuel Belgrano Scholarship program for engineering students continues, but acknowledged that “we We do not approve new financing for careers such as Law or similar that have a lot of offer and that today are not a priority for the development of the country“. Likewise, he expressed that “in reality there was no salary cut, what there was was a salary update that did not follow the inflationary pattern.”
He then reiterated that there is indoctrination in universities, which he defined as “the imposition of a political line based on the abusive use of a position of authority. This is when a teacher, as we have many cases, tells a student that if he is liberal he will not pass the subject.” or the case that authorities prevent non-governmental groups from running for elections.” However, he defined that ““Universities are not going to be defunded and we are going to sustain public offerings in public education because we believe in it.”
For its part, Alejandro Finocchiaro (PRO) He recalled that his bloc negotiated his vote in favor of veto of the university financing law in exchange for a salary improvement for lower-income workers. “Has that guarantee been liquidated?” the legislator asked. “It is in execution and in the payment process. It will go to the next salary,” he confirmed. Alvarez.
Source: Ambito
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