There is still no certainty as to what modifications will be implemented. However, it could be a mixed system between average and an entrance exam, among the most viable possibilities.
Reasons for UNCuyo to change secondary school admissions
In it 2023 not only had a record of registrations to the UNCuyo secondary schools -3,100 students applied, 1,000 more than in 2022- but, in addition, 1,047 of them had an average of ten.
The problem arose because the UNCuyo had 887 vacancies and only with the boys with an average of ten, there were already 160 left out.
Martín Zapata School, one of the alternatives of UNCuyo
The adolescents who registered to enter the 2024 school year and who had an average of 10, turned out to be more than the number of vacancies available in the UNCuyo schools.
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At the time, the director of Secondary Education at UNCuyo, María Ana Barrozo explained what system was used to determine who would be the holders of the vacancies, although they all had an average of ten. This was done through a computer system.
This tool made a random selection of boys with an average of ten, distributing the available vacancies among the UNCuyo schools.
The conflict of 2023 was that many of these kids (even primary school standard bearers) did not get a bank in the first instance and the parents’ protest was felt.
How the conflict was resolved last year
After the family complaintsthe rector of UNCuyo and the director of Secondary Education announced that these students were going to be distributed in 2, and in some cases in 3, in the 31 divisions which they currently have in total in four schools dependent on UNCuyo: Central University College (CUC), the Department of Teaching Application (DAD), Martín Zapata and the Teaching Department.
The rector explained that several alternatives were considered, including opening a new division But this meant not only a high cost for the construction of the classroom, but also for the hiring of teachers.
Finally, The solution reached satisfied the parents of the students.s with an average of 10 who hoped to be able to attend their first year at one of these institutions.
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Rethinking the entry system, a pending subject for 2023
Although the controversy with the entrants and their families was resolved in 2023, he UNCuyo’s commitment was to rethink the entry for 2024, and thus avoid a conflictive situation.
What the director of Secondary Education declared on that occasion was that the admission format was going to be rethought, in order to take into account other variables and not only the grade that the children obtain in 5th and 6th grade. However, as of this Thursday, there was still no news regarding any changes to the system that has been in effect since 2012.
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