Argentina’s university workers are on strike for the entire current week, as the national government refuses to comply with a law that guarantees funding for public institutions of higher education.

The Human Capital Ministry, for its part, urged rectors across the country to “submit a contingency plan” and “a guarantee of access that includes faculty members who do not participate in the strike.”

According to the communiqué released on Tuesday by the ministry led by former journalist Sandra Pettovello, the government is viewing with “deep concern” the suspension of academic activities and requires rectors to think of “alternative methods that allow students to make up missed classes.”

Franco Bartolacci, the rector of the Universidad Nacional de........

© Buenos Aires Herald