Meduca requested a deadline until October 15, when the budget hearings end, to be able to present the information that is available on the budget and the actions that are going to be taken based on the ceiling figure and where the projects are going.
The teacher’s leader Fernando Ábrego referred to the budget cuts made to the Ministry of Education and said that on this issue they will follow up on what was agreed at the dialogue table in the province of Coclé where it was established that 5.5% of the Internal Product should be approved Gross (GDP) to address laboratory equipment issues, school construction and other structural issues of the educational system.
He said that they will be vigilant that this point is fulfilled and that by the year 2023 this money is used for the aforementioned issues, he made a comparison to the issue of budget cuts for education and the lack of action by the national assembly. to repeal the law that gives the tourism sector more than $3,000,000 and cuts to education.
“For one sector, yes, but for another, no. This system has to change, because here today’s youth and future generations need state-of-the-art educational centers with technology and improve educational quality, so we are going to demand that what has been agreed be fulfilled.” at the table,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Education Maruja Gorday de Villalobos said that they have asked the teachers for a deadline until October 15, when the budget hearings end, to be able to present the information that they have about the budget and the actions that are going to be taken. based on the top figure and where the projects are going.
He stressed that some regions of the country will benefit from more money than others, but everything possible will be done so that everyone benefits.