43% of the population is against the educational reform

According to Cifra, if the data is compared with last year, the government failed to convince Uruguayans that the changes are good.

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A consultant survey Figure determined that the 43% of the population is against of the education reform, Meanwhile he 39% are in favor, on the other hand, the results vary according to gender, education and place of residence, as well as in relation to political parties.

The evolution of the results of the population that is in favor and against changed from the middle of last year to the present and that is because this year the reform began to be implemented.

While, in 2022, the 40% agreed with the reform, this year it was down 1%, almost unchanged. However, the number of people who disagreed with 47% dropped to 43%, increasing the group of people who do not have an opinion formed of 13% to 18%. This means, according to the consultant, that the government was not able to convince more people that the plan is good, that a part of the population has decided “wait to see how it works” before expressing a final judgement.

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Who are for and against?

Regarding gender, the majority of the population that is against it are the women with a fifty% and the men with a 36%, while 21% of men have no opinion, 16% of women decide not to give their opinion.

What refers to education level, most of the people who disagree have a tertiary education with 50%, the people who have secondary studies with a 46% and primary with a 31% Although people with primary education are the ones with the least formed opinion about the educational reform with 25%.

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On the other hand, people living in Montevideo are those with the greatest disagreement with the reform with 50% and those in the interior of Uruguay with 39%. What has to do with party preferences, those who voted for the government in 2019 are in favor with 43%, while those who voted for the opposition They have 50% disagree. Those who did not vote or do not say who they voted for have very divided opinions with 32% not having an opinion, 33% disagreeing and 35% in favor.

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