The Central Board of Directors (Codicen) of the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP) will have to Virginia Caceres as the new president after the Senate approved, with the votes of the Multicolor Coalition, the corresponding permission.
The government coalition approved in the Upper House Caceres as successor to Robert Silva in front of the They codify, after he resigned at the end of October while he will participate in the internal Colorado Party as a presidential candidate.
As it had announced last week, the bench of the Wide Front He did not support the motion to support the official who was already part of the board of directors of the state educational organization. The argument put forward by the opposition is that the appointment of Cáceres is “illegal”.
This, while for the Broad Front legislators they understand that the now new president of the Codicen does not have the requirements necessary in the educational field to exercise the position granted to them.
“The law establishes that the person who is going to occupy the position must have an educational background and educational training and according to the curriculum they sent us, they do not have those characteristics. Therefore, it is difficult for us to accompany. I tell you that we are not going to accompany that permission. It does not meet the requirements that its own LUC changed: before it included 10 years of seniority in the educational system. He was eliminated, but the trajectory and training were maintained,” said the senator Sebastian Sabini to Telemundo last Wednesday.
The Broad Front’s reference is to article 58 of the Education Law establishes that “the Central Board of Directors of the National Administration of Public Education will be made up of five members, who must have relevant personal conditions, recognized solvency, experience in the educational field and accredited merits in education issues.”
Teacher strike
Meanwhile, the Coordinator of Teaching Unions of Uruguay (CSEU) carry a teacher strike for 24 hours during this Wednesday against the education reform promoted by the government, to which all unions in the sector were summoned.
The different unions of the education They moved to the ANEP headquarters at Av. Libertador 1409 (Montevideo) to gather there in an act of protest starting at 12:00 in defense of collective bargaining.
At the level of secondary education and the University of Labor of Uruguay (UTU) he unemployment will be 24 hours, while the primary education It will adhere to it, but will not stop its functions.
From the National Federation of Secondary Education Teachers of Uruguay (Fenapes) called for the “act for the education“and assured that “if the educational community is not listened to and collective bargaining is not respected, there will be a fight.” For their part, the Association of Secondary Education Teachers of Montevideo (ADES) He also called his members to the march.
Source: Ambito
