Chilean Professors To
Launch Strike To Protest
New Education Law
The Professors' College
of Chile decided on
Wednesday to call a
nationwide strike for
next Monday to protest
the controversial
General Law of Education
(LGE).
Jaime Gajardo, head of
the school teaching,
said the professors were
calling the strike
seeking to revoke the LGE and create a new
project.
The professors also
agreed to launch a
series of activities,
including delivering
letters to the
authorities of each
region, province and
municipality.
The LGE is an education
reform package designed
to replace the existing
Organic Constitutional
Education Law. Opponents
argue that the reform
fails to properly
address inequality and
profit-focused practices
within the Chilean
educational system.
Also on Wednesday,
groups of young people
gathered at the seat of
the National Coordinator
of Popular Students in
protest at the LGE. They
were stopped by police
while trying to march
through Alameda avenue.
Meanwhile, the
Coordinator Assembly of
High school and Collage
Students also planned to
launch a strike to press
their demand for a
repeal of the LGE.
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