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The urban masters of bolivian broke off dialogue with the government on Wednesday after several hours of negotiation and they announced that they will maintain their protests for a bigger budget and against the new curriculum that they consider “indoctrinating.”
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A new attempt to reach an agreement between the teachers’ leaders and the Ministry of Education It was carried out the day before and lasted until this morning, without reaching a solution.
The dialogue “it has been more of the same (since) the Government keeps his financial disability and material to tend the demands” of public education in bolivianassured EFE the leader of the urban teachers of La Paz Jose Luis Alvarez.
The teachers withdrew from the meeting with the head of Education, Edgar Parywhom they pointed out to “maintain the same responses” to the demands of the sector that asks for more resources, educational items and the cancellation of the new academic plan
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Teachers and teachers abandoned the dialogue with the Ministry of Education early Wednesday morning and returned to the mobilizations, harming the activity of citizens in the city of #Peace. pic.twitter.com/FWxD2niTgl— Abya Yala TV (@AbyaYalaBolivia) April 12, 2023
In a press conference, the minister pary regretted that the dialogue took place in the midst of “insults of a different nature” from teachers’ representatives to national education authorities.
Pary explained that the demand for the budget will be analyzed soon in a “educational congress” which will include other sectors such as rural teachers, related to the Government, and recalled that the application of the new study program is “processual” and “It is not mandatory for all educational units”.
“We have the predisposition to dialogue and respond taking into account the budgetary reality of the Ministry of Education”remarked the authority of the Government.
In this regard, Álvarez considered that taking the discussion of the budget to a congress “It is a trap” and that establishing that the new contents will be applied voluntarily contradicts the “seriousness” of the educational system.
The dialogue has beensterile” and “That is why the pressure measures continue”, asserted.
The teacher conflict in bolivian began at the beginning of March and spread with continuous marches and protests in several Bolivian cities, especially in Peaceseat of the Executive and Legislative powers of the country.
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Teachers demand that they want to apply English, native languages, robotics or chess content without hiring specialized teachers and without an autonomous budget, something they assure is contrary to the quality of education.
Teachers question some content about the history of the country such as “indoctrinating” when trying to place the political vision of the ruler Movement to Socialism (MAS), in addition, to promote the “gender ideology” in areas such as sexual education.
Given this, the Government denied that the new plan is “indoctrinating” and asked parents to “read” the new one planning.
The education state in the cities has had interruptions due to teacher protestsalthough the Government has ensured that in most schools the activities are normal and has begun to apply the new content planning.
Source: Elcomercio
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