While teachers from schools in the City of Buenos Aires demand better building conditions to combat the heat wave of recent weeks, the Buenos Aires Minister of Education, Soledad Acunaannounced that it will send bottles of water to institutions to minimize the effect of weather conditions.
The official de Horacio Rodríguez Larreta stated through his social networks that, as a Government, they are concerned about the difficulty that high temperatures represent when teaching classes. In this frame, Soledad Acuna explained, action will be taken in this regard.
as announced Soledad Acuna, Starting this Tuesday, an operation was launched to send bottles of cold water to the city’s schools in order to “promote hydration”. among students, as this can prevent heat stroke.
The minister specified that some 170,000 bottles will be sent and recalled some of the recommendations of the Ministry of Health, such as “avoid sun exposure at critical hours and reduce physical activity while high temperatures persist.”
Meanwhile, the educational community has criticized the ministry’s operation, considering it “a mockery”, since they have repeatedly denounced the lack of conditions in schools to teach classes in the midst of intense temperatures.
In fact, the UTE (Union of Education Workers) denounced through a press release that more than 200 schools do not have the necessary building conditions to teach during the heat wave.
“Once again, in the face of a climatic contingency, the neglect and lack of investment in infrastructure in our city’s schools is exposed. In this case, the heat wave revealed the lack of operation and poor condition of the ventilation devices.“, they indicated.
What are the problems in schools?
Teachers denounce that fans and air conditioners are needed in schools, because, in recent days, in some schools, classes had to be suspended due to the intense heat.
They also denounce that, in many cases, the current ventilation systems do not work well. These are damaged, so they ask the minister that this situation be resolved as soon as possible.
