Student fast
Without notice or demand, students of Simón Bolivar University,
Metropolitan University and Andrés Bello Catholic University
(UCAB) occupied Wednesday the third floor of the classroom building
in UCAB to begin a 36-hour fast in protest about the education
bill (PLOE.)
Student representative to Simón Bolívar University
Board of Directors Juansimón Arteaga noted that the move
to end Thursday afternoon is intended to apprise the domestic
university community of the law effects, particularly on higher
education.
Following an "insight" into the instrument, the student delegate
underscored positive issues, such as state control and monitoring.
However, they "criticized absolutism and state monopoly. Families
should be more involved in teaching, and students -the main
character- are out."
For her part, student representative to UCAB University Council
Carolina Troncone announced that a committee composed of law
students Santiago Fontiveros and Carlos Bacalao are working
on an alternative bill to show the student vision about future
education in Venezuela.
Troncone viewed "foggy" issues, such as the "Bolivarian,
Robinsonian educational system." Based on this vision, it
is not clear whether freedom of thinking set forth in article
102 of the constitution is observed.
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