In the case of the University of Magdalena, pending resources amount to $50,000 million.
Higher education also maintains attention among students from public institutions.
There have been several weeks in which uncertainty and concern have been felt among thousands of students nationwide. The delays in transfers to Icetex and subsequent transfer to private universities raise discussions in different sectors for a prompt solution.
In Congress, student representatives were present to express the discomfort of their colleagues and urge both the Ministry of Education and the Treasury to accelerate the processes.
The unrest also extends to public institutions where not all resources have been allocated.
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The transfer refers to the second half of 2024 and These are funds that will also be used to pay teachers’ salaries. “We are waiting for the turns to efficiently close the fiscal year. At the University of Magdalena $50,000 million is missing“said Rafael Ricaurte, student representative on that campus.
“We are around 32 public universities that have a problem and that is that the Government has not made the transfers, which keeps some in trouble more than others (…). The University of Antioquia is missing $184,000 million to close the semester and at the University of Magdalena we are closing tight; suddenly, with the investment we have made in different projects through extension and research,” Ricaurte stressed.
What about resources for infrastructure?
Another debate has also gained strength in recent days, after councilor Daniel Briceño denounced that only 4 of 48 projects have made any progress. Briceño alluded to the delivery of $500 million to Findeter for works and/or provision in 28 projects in schools in 26 municipalities.
“But despite the terrible execution to date, the Ministry of Education decided to add 250,000 million pesos to that contract with Findeter to finance 20 new projects. In total “There are 48 projects for higher education of which only 4 have progress,” The councilor stated in his X account.
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Without referring to a particular statement; The Minister of Education, Daniel Rojas, asserted that there has been progress in infrastructure for higher education.
The office that he presides alluded to the fact that, Currently, 87 projects are financed with an investment of more than $1.4 billion.
