50 Detained In Chile In
Protests Against
Proposed Education Law
At least 50 people were
detained here Wednesday
as a protest launched by
students and teachers
against an education law
under review in
parliament turned
violent.
The protest was
organized to support a
Wednesday strike by the
country's largest
teachers' union, the
College of Professors,
demanding the rejection
to the proposed law.
The demonstration in
downtown Santiago led to
clashes between
protesters and riot
police.
Meanwhile, hundreds of
students were detained
in continued protests
throughout the country
against the education
law, which they said did
not bring substantial
reform to the education
system inherited from
the country's military
regime.
The protesters seized a
dozen schools and at
least four universities,
urging an immediate
rejection to the
education bill, which is
a result of a consensus
between the rightist
opposition and the
ruling leftists.
The government is
abusing the education
system to profit from
the misallocation of
educational resources,
the protesters said. |
