SJL: Families held a sit-in at UGEL 05 due to lack of space in area schools

A group of parents will take place this Monday, February 20, seedling in front of the premises of the local department of education administration (UGEL 05) in San Juan de Lurigancho (SJL) to request solutions Due to lack of vacancies in second level in public schools in the area.

Carrying banners with messages such as “we need jobs”, “education is a basic right” and “I want to study”, parentsaccompanied by their children, mentioned RPP News who, despite long queues early in the morning, could not find free places in schools such as Nicholas Copernicus.

“We need places,” the teachers repeated from outside the school. COAL 05.

Jenny Acuna She is a mother who, since October 2022, has been unsuccessfully looking for quota for his youngest daughter, aged 12, to study at Copernicus College. stunned mom He noted that, having not found a place in this institution, he went to the “most remote” place in the area to look at other options; however, he reiterated that it has not been very successful to date.

“We are looking for vacancies and to date have not found one in the most remote location of San Juan de Lurigancho. We have been walking in the same situation for several months. We are in limbo, in the air,” he said.

High demand

Other parents said that in early January they woke up near the aforementioned educational institution; however, they could not find vacancies because, they say, they were barely employed 300 total 1000 people who were waiting for their children to enroll.

“1000 people applied for only 300 vacancies at the Copernican school, logically only 300 got in. [padres]. And this is not only in the Copernicus school, because there are no vacancies in other schools either. I don’t know what we are going to do,” they lamented.

Holding a sign with the message “All children have the right to learnAngelo Pomaa minor under the age of 12 who is about to enter the first year of high school has applied to the Ministry of Education (Minedu) to take action on the matter.

“Gentlemen from the Ministry [de Educación]I want to place an order, I want to study, I want a vacancy in school. I want to learn!” he shouted.

Walking around the district offices, RPP Noticias confirmed that three weeks before the start of the school year in FAP School Captain Jose Abelardo Quiñones There are also no vacancies.