2024-10-02 19:12:13
“The discussion is for three and a half billion pesos. I understand what you said. “I wanted to confirm it,” asked the journalist. Willy Kohn a Ricardo Gelpi. The rector of the University of Buenos Airesin a dialogue with the program “Esta Mañana” on Radio Rivadavia, shunned and unhappy about the budget that was being managed by his university.
“I don’t have the last number, because they are such a big number,” Gelpi replied and, to the suspicion of the journalists, added: “The number is double what was decided or supposed in the 2025 budget, half, half.” In view of what was communicated, Kohan attacked: “I tell you why three thousand five hundred million pesos are three million dollars.”
With the suspicious position of the leader of the UBA in front of the journalists, the journalists argued: “Do you manage the numbers or does Yacobitti, the deputy rector, manage it?” With a second’s pause, Gelpi answered succinctly: “It’s managed by the whole management, of course.” The lack of clarification on the numbers, on the academic side, led to the intervention of the program hosts, Marcelo Longobardi.
“One thing in the budget you claim is double the current budget, do we have to add the salary increase to that?” asked the journalist. The rector nodded, a corner in the conversation. Longobardi asked: And how much does that cost? “It’s thirty or forty percent. I do not know the figure well, I do not know the total value, let’s say. I don’t know how much there is. But that is the percentage,” Gelpi tried to explain, while the mediators were surprised by the lack of information and data on the matter.
this wednesday, Javier Miley Will face a huge new March Federal Universitythe latter for almost ten months in office. The mobilization is set to reject the presidential veto of the law restoring the funding of higher education institutions, but also in the middle of the demand for an adjustment in operating expenses and in the salaries of both teachers and non-teachers.
In the first eight months of the year, transfers accumulated a drop of 33.5% compared to the same period of the previous year, equivalent to a drop of $746,585.89 million, according to the Argentine Institute for Fiscal Analysis (Iaraf). The National Confederation of University Teachers (Conadu) He confirmed that the accumulated purchasing power loss compared to December is 9.2%.
However, the portfolio is in charge Sandra Pettovello He emphasized that “this university conflict responds more to political interests than to the needs of the education system, because all the educational demands have been addressed and resolved.” In a message issued by the Ministry of Human Capital under the title “We are in favor of university education” they detailed the answer.
In the four-page document, which includes education policies, the Ministry pointed out that “it is urgent to prioritize education over political conflicts” and noted that the national government is “up-to-date and pays for having teachers in the classrooms, which guarantees students. do not continue to be victims of this unjustified situation.”
In addition, they denied that “the recent demonstrations and strikes respond to the real need for education funding” and pointed out: “The march is largely political and does not reflect university reimbursement or harm to students.” The statement concluded: “Public universities have decided to reject a proposal for an additional 6.8% salary increase” for October, which amounts to $17 billion per month and $56 billion accumulated until the end of the year, ” which has a direct impact on the education system”. .
Finally, the president has warned many times that he will veto any law passed by Congress that involves spending that threatens fiscal balance, that is, is not funded. Including the law that recomposes the funding of universities, but also in the middle of the demand for adjustment in operating items and teaching salaries.
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