Boys and girls of the initial, primary and secondary level of five provinces and the City of Buenos Aires (CABA) begin the 2023 school year this Monday, while between March 28 and 3 the rest of the jurisdictions will do so, in the that pedagogical content will be promoted in more than 64,000 educational establishments to commemorate 40 years of democracy in Argentina.
Within the framework of the start of classes, President Alberto Fernández will inaugurate the building of the Doctor René Favaloro Secondary School No. 82 in the town of Basail, Chaco province at noon this Monday.
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The Buenos Aires Ministry of Education defined for 2023 an extended calendar of 192 days of classes and a total of 600,000 male and female students of all compulsory educational levels will begin classes this Monday and will finish them on December 22. Sources from the educational portfolio told Télam that of the total, “some 20,000 boys and girls in their first year of high school” already began the adaptation course at the beginning of February.
Last Wednesday, the Buenos Aires teachers’ union Ademys called a strike with mobilization for this Monday, by rejecting a new parity offer.
The measure of force includes a mobilization at 12 to the Headquarters of the Cabinet of Ministers, located at Avenida Presidente Roca 782.
The Minister of Education, Jaime Perczyk, announced a few days ago that schools across the country will promote pedagogical content to commemorate 40 years of democracy in Argentina throughout the 2023 school year.
The resolution of the Federal Education Council (CEF) established that the actions to commemorate and celebrate 40 years of democracy will be carried out taking some key dates such as March 24, April 2, May 25, October 30, December, among others.
Also In Salta classes for all levels begin this Mondaywhile the non-university higher education level will do so on March 13.
The winter recess will be from July 10 to 21 and the school year will end on December 27 at all levels, while at the higher non-university level the year will close on the 2nd of the same month.
In Between rivers The school period starts this Monday and ends on Friday, December 22, while the winter break will be from July 10 to 21.
Also in saint Louis The students return to the classroom this Monday until December 19 and will have the winter break from July 10 to July 21.
In Mendoza 520,000 students will start the school period until December 22, and Formosa until December 20.
Mendoza and Formosa they will have winter break from July 10 to 21. Formosa’s Education Minister, Luis Basterra, said last week that “the objective is to comply with the 190 days of classes established by the National Education Law.”
In that province, the secretary of the Self-Convoked Teachers union, Nilda Patiño, announced a press conference to explain what was resolved by the union, which has as its main axis the insistent request for parity to the provincial government, and anticipated that there will be a teacher strike on the 1st and March 8, the latter in accompaniment to International Women’s Day.
For his part, José Thomas, General Director of Schools in Mendoza, stressed that “of the 1,350 educational buildings in Mendoza, we are better than in December; there is 250% more budget than last year.”
In Black river Classes do not start this Monday as planned because the Union of Education Workers of Río Negro (Unter) decided to carry out a 72-hour strike after rejecting the “salary proposal” for 2023 from the provincial government.
The 822,461 students in Cordova Classes will begin on Tuesday and not this Monday as a result of a strike and mobilization called by the Union of Educators of the Province of Córdoba (UEPC) in demand for “fair wages.”
The students who start the first course of the primary and secondary levels returned to the classrooms in Cordoba territory on February 23 and 24 for an adaptation period.
In chubut, the Association of Education Workers of Chubut (Atech) announced a 24-hour strike for this Monday in demand for “salary recomposition.” Classes in that province will conclude on December 21 and the winter recess will be from December 17 to 28.
In Santa Cruzthe Association of Teachers of Santa Cruz (Adosac) -majority union- called a strike for 48 hours in rejection of the official salary offer of 4% retroactive to January, while the Association of Technical Teaching Teachers (Amet) for what did 24 hours.
For this reason, classes do not start this Monday in that district whose school calendar indicates that the school year will end on December 20. Adosac demands that the offer “be improved based on the cost of the total basic basket in Patagonia” and also that “the full extended day be rolled back throughout the province, due to lack of consultation, lacking any consensus and pedagogical openness.”
Amet resolved a total strike for this Monday to demand “that the salary proposal accepted by this union on February 22 be settled urgently in the immediate assets of the workers,” union sources informed Télam.
currentsFor its part, the school period will begin on Tuesday, February 28 and will end on December 22, while the winter holidays will be from July 10 to 21.
On March 1, classes will start in the province of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Jujuy, La Pampa, Misiones, San Juan, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego and Tucumán, and in La Rioja on Thursday, March 2.
The Minister of Education of TucumanJuan Pablo Lichtmajer pointed out that “all the effort is put into March 1, the start of classes is the most important task we have.”
In the province of Santa Fe The Santa Fe Teachers Association (Amsafé) and Sadop, which represents private schools, declared the “no start of classes” for March 1 and 2 in rejection of the joint proposal.
In this way, the school year will begin in Santa Fe on Friday the 3rd of next month. Classes are scheduled to end on December 22, and winter break will take place between July 17 and 28.
In the case of Neuquen which has 241,000 students, the Association of Education Workers of Neuquén (ATEN) called a strike for Wednesday for the start of the trial in the Fuentealba II case against 8 police officers accused of their intervention the day the teacher Carlos Fuentealba was murdered in that province and the public schools will start classes on Thursday the 2nd and not the 1st as the calendar indicates.
In the province of Buenos Airesthe General Council of Education, chaired by the General Director of Culture and Education, Alberto Sileoni, approved the 2023 School Calendar, which indicates that classes will be held from March 1 to December 26 and the winter recess will be between the 17th and the 28th of July.
Regarding Higher Education, the educational activity will be between March 13 and November 24 and the kindergartens from February 1 to December 29.
The decision to carry out a calendar with 190 school days was taken in October 2021 at the 112th CFE assembly, chaired by Minister Jaime Perczyk, with the aim of “prioritizing learning affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the recovery of school times”.
In Santiago del Estero School classes will begin on March 1 and will run until December 15.
In that province there are 43,000 students at the initial level, 140,000 in primary, and 77,500 in secondary.
The authorities indicated that the extension of hours in educational establishments at the primary level, which consists of a school day of 5 hours and 15 minutes, continues in full force.
Catamarca and La Rioja will conclude the school period on December 15, Chaco on the 22nd, La Pampa on the 19th, Misiones and San Juan on the 22nd, Tierra del Fuego on the 20th, and Tucumán on the 18th.
