Hundreds of students from the municipality of Ciénaga, Magdalena, were unable to attend classes this Tuesday due to a protest by teachers over the delay in the payment of their salaries.. The educators report that they are owed more than three months of salary.
In response to this situation, the Subdirectorate of the Magdalena Education Workers Union (Edumag Ciénaga) He called for a peaceful rally outside the municipal palace to express his discontent with the local authorities. The march lasted more than four hours and included the participation of teachers, educational directors, psychoorientators and ethnoeducators from the municipality.
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The main reason for the protest is the failure of the municipal administration, headed by Luis Fernández Quinto, to pay the retroactive payment corresponding to the months of January and February 2024. The Ministry of Education had initially established April 30 as deadline for payment, but the date has been postponed several times, first to May 3, then to May 6, and finally to May 8.
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Faced with this series of non-compliance, the teachers decided to take direct action measures and announced that they will maintain protests until full payment of salaries is made. owed. The Subdirectorate of Edumag Ciénaga held the municipal administration responsible for the academic abnormality that has been generated in the educational institutions of the municipality. Finally, the protesters also demand that the municipal administration cover as soon as possible the vacancies due to lack of teachers, in the educational institutions.
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