The start of classes this Monday is affected in Montevideo for teacher strike announced yesterday by the Association of Secondary School Teachers (ADES), a measure of force that the government hopes will not have a great impact at a time when the implementation of its education reform.
According to estimates by the president of the encode, Robert Silva, made in dialogue with Telemundo, the teacher strike would reach 30% of the schools in the capital. It is based on previous force measurements where that was the level of adhesion.
Therefore, he asked parents and students, despite the union announcement, to go to educational establishments, because the bet is that a majority have classes normally.
The leader of ADES, Javier Iglesiasargued that the strike is in protest for what he considered “massive budget cut education”, which generates overcrowding in the classrooms. And he complained that the educational reform will be applied without consensus, which was denied by Silva.
In addition to the strike, there are announcements of occupations in schools and high schools. In two days, as a reason for International Women’s Day, the measure of force will be repeated in the framework of a general women’s strike called by the PIT-CNT.
The anger of President Lacalle Pou
President Luis Lacalle Pou used your account Twitter against the Association of Secondary Education Teachers of Montevideo for the teacher strike announced for the start of the school year and “regretted” that the union measure that “some” chose “harms those who we have to protect the most.”
In the message, he assured that “the educational transformation was discussed in all areas. Some chose to contribute, others did not.”. And he indicated that the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP) He has already “decided and classes start tomorrow.”
For his part, the Minister of Education and Culture (MEC), Pablo da Silveira, also showed his rejection of the measure. He affirmed that in the future “when it is remembered that in 2023 the curricular reform that revitalized our teaching began to be applied, it will also be remembered that the unions went on strike on the first day of classes.”
Source: Ambito
