The president Javier Milei has once again generated controversy with his statements about public universities in Argentina. In a recent speech, Milei redoubled his criticism of higher education, stating that “it serves no one except the children of the upper class and the rich.”
These statements have provoked a strong reaction in the educational and political sphere, and it is expected that from this Monday the seizures will increase in faculties throughout the country. The words of Javier Milei They have been received with indignation by university authorities, students and various political sectors.
During the presentation of the new name of the former Kirchner Cultural Center, now renamed Palacio Libertad Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, the president took the opportunity to deepen his criticism of public universities.
According to Mileithese institutions represent “a subsidy from the poor to the rich” and questioned the lack of audits in the management of funds. In response to these statements, student centers from different parts of the country have called assemblies to define new protests.
The student movement is reorganizing in the face of the third federal strike, and the power takeovers are expected to intensify starting Monday. National universities and faculties known for their institutional parsimony, where the outside does not seem to permeate inside the cloisters, are preparing to carry out protests and takeovers against the veto of Javier Milei, who repealed the University Financing Law and could not be revoked by the Chamber of Deputies.
The university authorities have responded firmly to the criticism of Milei. References from national universities and political sectors rejected the president’s statements, ensuring that public universities are fundamental for the development of the country and to guarantee access to higher education for all citizens, regardless of their socioeconomic origin.
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The vice chancellor of the National University of Buenos Aires, for example, stated that “the president changes the lies with which he argues, but the goal remains the same: defund and discredit public universities.”
The current situation reflects a deep crisis in the Argentine university system. The repeal of the University Financing Law, which granted greater funds to these institutions, has generated a climate of uncertainty and discontent. Students and university authorities fear that the government’s policies Javier Milei lead to a deterioration in educational quality and greater inequality in access to higher education.
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