A secondary school teacher denounced on Twitter plagiarism in a document from the Education Training Council (CFE) on educational reform, but from the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP) they defended the document and assured that it is a “text under construction “.
The president of the council, Víctor Pizzichillo, told The Observer that it is “a document under construction”which was released for Obtain comments and proposals from the other actors of the CFE. According to Pizzichillo, there is also “a schedule of activities” where It is expected that work will be done on formal aspects, such as citations to other documents.
The text in question presents proposals for curricular design, within the framework of the discussion of changes in education, according to La Diaria. According to the accusations, the document plagiarized the text of a program of the Argentine Ministry of Education.
Pizzichillo acknowledged that, at the moment, the document is missing citations, but pointed out that it is in the introduction. “The core part of the document does not have these problems”held.
The matter of the alleged plagiarism, led him to the meeting of the Central Board of Directors (Codicen), the counselor Julián Mazzoni. Pizzichillo valued the “contribution”, but downplayed its importance and dismissed an administrative investigation. “If it were the final document it would be a catastrophe”, he acknowledged, but indicated that this is not the case. The president of the CFE stressed that the idea is that it be a “participatory” text. That’s why it was disseminated to all the actors of the CFE, which includes teachers, students, trade unionsetc.
In any case, from the National Federation of Secondary Education Teachers of Uruguay (Fenapes) they asked for the resignation of the president of the CFE and of the political advisers of the Codicen. For its part, the Broad Front (FA) considers raising a request for information and does not rule out that the authorities give explanations to Parliament, reported La Diario.
Complaints and resignation requests
Although it was later collected by members of the education unions and by many users on the networks, The complaint was first made by Professor Adela Ricceto on her Twitter account. According to Riccetto, the text of the CFE plagiarized one of the program Connect Equality; an initiative of the Argentine Ministry of Education.
“The CFE bases the transformation of teacher education by plagiarizing. Here is a fragment of the CFE document and another of the original (Argentina’s Connect Equality program),” Ricceto wrote and shared images of both texts. “The quality transformation of Robert Silva”, he finished with irony.
The Education Training Council bases the transformation of teacher education by plagiarizing. Here is a fragment of the CFE document and another of the original (Argentina’s Connect Equality program). The transformation of quality @RobertSilva1971 pic.twitter.com/ZxBV6X2yik
– Adela Riccetto (@Adelita92238333) July 21, 2022
One of the toughest with the authorities was Andrés Bentancor, also a teacher and member of Fenapes. On his Twitter account, he pointed out that “plagiarism in a document that seeks to reform teacher training should imply the resignation of the President of the CFE and the political advisers as well as the political advisers of the Codicen of ANEP (National Administration of Public Education)”.
“Unheard of, sad and unacceptable,” he concluded.
I believe that plagiarism in a document that seeks to reform teacher training should imply the resignation of the President of the CFE and the political advisers, as well as the political advisers of the CoDiCen of @ANEP_Uruguay .
Unheard of, sad and unacceptable. https://t.co/2dkQFZxHqT– Andrés Bentancor (@andresbenta1909) July 22, 2022
Fenapes framed his criticism of ANEP for the alleged plagiarism in his “Transformation of terror” advertising campaign. “Robert Silva’s horror transformation is a plagiarism”says a tweet.
The #TerrorTransformation of @RobertSilva1971 it is plagiarism. https://t.co/HU1wfhFRqY pic.twitter.com/idKLENDAFK
– ⭕️Fenapes (@FenapesUruguay) July 24, 2022
Likewise, in the claims there was also the Union of Teachers of Training in Education (Sidfe). Its president, Liber Romero, observed “another sign of apathy and little attachment.” “To the spelling and syntax errors of the documents presented in the other subsystems, plagiarism is now added”, He also wrote on Twitter.
Another sign of neglect and little attachment. Plagiarism is now added to the spelling and syntax errors of the documents presented in the other subsystems. @elpaisuy @ladiaria @the viewer @Do not touch anything @SemanarioBrecha @SEARCHonline
– Liber Romero (@LiberRomero2) July 21, 2022
Request for reports and Parliament
The senator Sebastian Sabinivice president of the Education and Culture Commission, said that in the request for information They will ask what the origin of the document is and “what evaluation do the authorities make based on the responsibilities they have.”
From the opposition they do not rule out that the education authorities go to Parliament to give explanations. “It would be good for the authorities to express themselves publicly, because it is not a minor issue,” said the legislator.
Paul Caggiano, director of the National Institute of Educational Evaluation on behalf of the FA, agreed with the latter. “It’s pretty serious,” he said. Plagiarism “is something for which you get kicked out of educational institutions -held- for ANEP to do it, and also working on issues related to teacher training, is very serious”he declared.
Felipe Schipani, deputy of the Colorado Party I affirm that “If the fact is corroborated, an administrative investigation must be instituted and the corresponding disciplinary measure eventually applied.”
“If an academic plagiarizes a part of a document, obviously it is something that is not right to do, and, to the extent that it is someone who is hired by the ANEP, an administrative investigation must be instituted and the measure eventually applied. corresponding disciplinary action,” the deputy told La Diaria.
