About 500 thousand students and teachers took to the square in front of the presidential palace in the Argentine capital, speaking out against the authorities’ policies in the field of education, TN TV channel reports, citing the largest public university, the University of Buenos Aires.
Earlier, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported that tens of thousands of students and teachers gathered in the center of Buenos Aires to protest against the authorities’ policies in the field of education. The demonstrators are against cutting costs for the development of universities and demand that the government leave education free. Similar protests are taking place not only in the capital of Argentina, but also in other cities.
“About 500,000 students and teachers came to May Square” – the channel said in a statement with reference to the University of Buenos Aires.
