Roberto Baradel also criticized Soledad Acuña and asked that she leave office

11/17/2020 10:54 AM

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Updated 11/17/2020 11:08 AM

In the midst of the controversy unleashed by the statements of the Buenos Aires Minister of Education Soledad Acuña and the harsh response of the head of the national educational portfolio, Nicolás Trotta, the Secretary General of Suteba, Roberto Baradel, also pointed against the official and maintained that "

". 

"It is regrettable that a Minister of Education

as Soledad Acuña has done," Baradel said in an interview with

.

And he continued with his criticisms: "It is very serious that it encourages denunciation and denunciation of teachers who teach for what they teach. That refers to the darkest times of our country."

In addition, in statements to

, Baradel insisted that "without any doubt,

."

Asked whether they should request his resignation from office, he specified that "it was requested by the comrades of the City and it is a decision of the Head of Government."

"If she is in charge of an area where those fundamental protagonists who are students and teachers, she permanently denigrates, offends them, does not listen to them and acts in an authoritarian manner,

."

Acuña had targeted the militant teachers and called for "reporting" when there are acts of "indoctrination" in schools.

The minister ignited the controversy by noting that one of the great problems of education "has to do with the roots, with the training and the profile of those who choose to study, who

."

And he continued: "The left has taken on a very large force where, in addition, the profile of the students has an increasingly clear bias. This is the same throughout the country and is reflected in the surveys carried out by the national government, there are people each older people who choose the teaching career as a third or fourth option after having failed in other careers ".

"For her and for them (by Juntos por el Cambio) the workers, the low-income sectors in general are relegated to certain occupations in society, and they cannot progress or occupy places such as the teacher, the doctor, the architect or engineer, "Baradel said.

In addition, the head of Suteba recalled: "(Former governor) María Eugenia Vidal said that it was not fair for the State to invest in universities' because the poor will never go to university. They believe that the poor do not have to go to college. college".

The response of the Buenos Aires government

The Buenos Aires government also joined in the criticism of Acuña.

It was the Chief of Staff, Carlos Bianco, who questioned her statements by claiming that the provincial Executive think "the opposite" to her.

"We think that our teachers have made a tremendous effort throughout this year, almost that they learned a new trade, which is to teach through telematic means, with new tasks and new obligations, such as preparing booklets, reviewing homework, participating in the delivery of food bags, going to the homes of those students who had a problem with pedagogical continuity, "said Bianco.

And he added: "I am encouraged to say that they were teachers and psychologists. Their work has been multiplied by three or four. We are proud and grateful for the task that our teachers have carried out. Acuña did not refer to the teachers of the Autonomous City but referred to all the teachers in the country in a somewhat prejudiced way. We want to express that

. "

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