Colombia students announce new strike
Colombia students announce new strike
posted by Adriaan Alsema
Oct 7, 2013
Colombia’s main student organization on Monday announced to shut down higher education on October 16 and 17 to force the government to make progress in education reforms promised years ago.
The announced student protests are the last in a series of strikes that have hit Colombia this year.
Student organization MANE is demanding a $320 million increase of the current national public university budget of $1.3 billion, increased academic autonomy and democracy, a reform of student loans and a permanent body to facilitate negotiations between authorities and students.
Instead of calling an indefinite strike, the MANE initially plans to shut down universities and take to the streets for two consecutive days to avoid putting unnecessary pressure on the universities who, according to the students, are in financial crisis.
http://colombiareports.co/colombia-students-announce-new-strike/
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