This Thursday the Superior Council of the National Pedagogical University (UPN) appointed Alejandro Alvarez Gallego as the new rector of this institution for the academic period of 2022-2026.
However, the decision was not well received by the students and during this Friday, June 17, they advance a sit-in at the height of 72nd Street, between races 11 and 13 in the east-west direction, thus blocking the mobility of this sector. . Meanwhile, the Ministry of Mobility recommends that drivers traveling through this road corridor take Carrera 9 to the north and Calle 76 to the west as alternate routes.
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Who is Alejandro Alvarez Gallego?
Galician He is a tenured professor at the National Pedagogical University from 1989 and between 1985 and 1989 he was a full-time associate professor at the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia.
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In addition to his work as a teacher, he was also in administrative positions as academic vice-chancellor of the Pedagogical University, General Secretary, Academic Deputy Director and Executive Director of the Institute for Educational Research and Pedagogical Development and Academic Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Education. In his current appointment as rector of this institution, he has made it known that he will focus his program on training, autonomy and the common
