With the conclusion of "let's take care of what works", the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) came out this Monday to question the adjustment and
freezing of funds
that they had already warned about on several occasions.
The message included
a protest video on the networks
and a petition seeking signatures "against the budget cut" that compares the institution's allocation of public resources with those of other foreign universities.
"A lot of things happened here," a voice-over begins, while a young man is seen touring
the different faculties
that make up the UBA.
While the student enters the hallways and stairs of an empty UBA and opens its doors, you can continue listening to the announcer
listing the different professionals who graduate
from the university: "The doctor who helped cure that illness to your old man and the veterinarian who saved your best friend," says the voice-over, and continues: "
Presidents, businessmen, scientists came from here ,
world champions
came from here
."
Along with the video, the university included a link that redirects to
a form
with a short and clear message "Against the budget cut, let's take care of the UBA."
The University of Buenos Aires campaign comes at a time that they consider critical: the budget with which they are operating is the same as that of 2023 - a measure established at the beginning of Javier Milei's administration.
Universities claim the impact of
inflation, which in the last year was 276%
.
In addition to the request for signatures, the UBA supported its criticism with several tweets in which it lists the financing that other study houses have compared to others of similar academic quality and size.
According to the publication,
the University of Buenos Aires receives 1,123 dollars per student per year
, while other universities, such as the
National Autonomous University of Mexico, receive 7,968
and the University of
San Pablo, 15,000
.
pic.twitter.com/pqvEA9QnG6
— UBAonline (@UBAonline) March 25, 2024
The statement also warns that an unupdated budget will mean that the university will offer
fewer classes
and will reduce, among other things,
its academic quality, security and scientific research
.
The UBA is not the only university that expressed concern about the cuts: the universities of
La Matanza, Hurlingham, Tres de Febrero, Moreno and el Oeste
also warned about an emergency situation and began to adapt their courses to face the adjustment.
#SomosUBA
Let's take care of what works.
Let's take care of the UBA.
Against the budget cut, sign the petition:https://t.co/gXumxI1HbN pic.twitter.com/1IKeXUe6Rf
— UBAonline (@UBAonline) March 25, 2024
Virtual classes,
moving from locations
to others that have a lower maintenance cost and
reducing the number of subjects
that each student can enroll in are some of the measures that these universities took due to the lack of resources.
D.S.