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The Minister of Education, Raul Figueroa, questioned the position of the opposition regarding a possible return of face-to-face classes, and accused an alleged “censorship” to avoid debate on this issue.
The head of Education stated in Cooperative that “in the face of a reality that is increasingly evident, that the suspension of face-to-face classes generates negative effects on students, a kind of censorship has been generated against even the possibility of speaking of a possible opening of the establishments “.
“It is difficult to understand this censorship, because education being so important and having a consensus of so many years about its relevance, today it seems that for one sector education is no longer a priority,” explained the minister. The opposition has had, Unfortunately, a role in this that is not consistent with the priority that education has had in the national debate in the last 10 years“.
“What you see today is that the evident costs of the pandemic in the educational system require concrete action to be mitigated“, explained Figueroa, adding that” one sees that sectors of the opposition, who are aware of these costs, give the impression of that they would be willing for the students to be the ones who ultimately pay it“.
The role of the College of Teachers
Regarding the role played by the College of Teachers in the midst of the crisis, Figueroa maintained that they have implanted “a campaign of terror“.
“If one looks at the statements (of the Magisterium), their behavior through social networks, everything points to make it clear that while there is no absolute control of the pandemic (…) a reopening of schools is not a real possibility…When we see that, in fact, we already have schools running“, the Minister of Education clarified in the morning.
“There is an issue that is very important: just as it is a mistake to insist on opening schools where it is not possible from the health point of view, It is also It is a mistake to promote terror campaigns that suggest that where it is possible to open schools, that does not occur“, he sentenced.
