UPN'S PLIGHT

UPN'S PLIGHT

  November 26, 2018    Hole in the wall

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Given the recent strike, which has taken place in Colombia cities, due to a lack of resources for  Colombian's public universities I would like to refer to a different topic. Therefore, in this post, I'm going to comment about the current situation in Universidad Pedagogica Nacional located in Bogotá, Colombia. I hope you find this topic interesting.

UPN’S PLIGHT

Colombian public universities are very sensitive to the plight of economic resources, especially those which should be delivered to public affairs. For that reason, the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional is interested in how the government is delivering the economic resources that are intended for public education. Due to the public universities’ plight, there are groups of students who demonstrate a radical stand regarding the diverse problems that affect the academic schedule. However, there are some others who disagree with these stands, expressing a passive behavior against UPN’s plight.
Inside of the UPN, there are two sides of the same coin. In one hand, there are some people who think that taking a radical stand; such as: blocking the buildings or forcing the people to assist to one of the multiple meetings that they convoked, representing the spirit of the public university against the plights that affect their Alma matter. Furthermore, these actions do not consider the stand of the majority of people who forms part of the university community; consequently, these activities not only affect the academic schedule but also, reduce the number of people who should support a resolution for UPN’s ´plight.
On the other hand, there is a bunch of people who do not assist to the university due to the stand of some individuals who decided to block the buildings; causing that teachers and students do not get into the buildings. Thus, most of them do not assist because they consider that these stands are just an excuse to avoid academic classes, which clearly reduce the assistance of the university community. UPN’s plight does not seem important to them because their goal is to keep the academic schedule without any obstruction on it.

As a conclusion, it is evident that UPN and some others public universities are experiencing a difficult financial situation. Besides, it is remarkable that students and teachers continue to manifest a disunity between each other. Therefore, the university community does not take a stand regarding the UPN’s plight even when both teachers and students are being affected by this standstill and government decisions.