● In this country only listen to the researchers who sing beautiful to the ear, says
● In the past six years in the agency opted for downsizing KARINA
AVILES More than management of austerity, the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) was implemented a policy of downsizing. While in 2000 there were 111 thousand 402 workers, by 2005 the number of employees stood at 106 000 45, which lost jobs over 5 000 300.
Meanwhile, in the new administration of Josefina Vazquez Mota is expected this week will raise awareness regarding the appointment of his closest staff. For members of the unit, the former Deputy Minister of Social Development Miguel Székely, and Rodolfo Tuirán who formed part of the reception team by Vazquez Mota would play new roles in the first level of command in that office.
In the meantime, Julio Castellanos is the new senior officer of the SEP, replacing José María Fraustro Siller. According to the researcher of the Center for University Studies (CESU) of the UNAM, Angel Diaz Barriga, in the past two decades, "the same mafia of gray matter" is that the agency has seized and now will be for seen whether its members continue in the new management.
Although not a homogeneous group, explains, the names of twenty specialists repeat "on one side and the other ". For example, he said, the transition document signed in November 2000 were, among others, Enrique Villa, who yesterday was confirmed as director of the Polytechnic; Sylvia Schmelkes, coordinator of Intercultural Education Reyes Tamez, Paul Latapí , a member of the Board of Education Specialists, Julio Rubio, Assistant Secretary of Higher Education in the Fox administration.
And Felipe Martínez Rizo, Director General of the National Institute for Educational Evaluation (INEE), "was behind developing the plan in the business during the six years, "he added.
The researcher said that one group is formed by students and colleagues of Paul Latapí, as Sylvia and Maria de Ibarrola Schmelkes. There is another team that specializes Alma Maldonado has been defined as the "epistemic community" and is composed of Rolling Kent, Manuel Gil, and at some point, Wietse de Vries.
Another group is the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM), led by Julio Rubio, who according to industry sources, this time will not be included in the team Vázquez Mota
In an interview, Diaz Barriga said that all these researchers many of whom have a background sound academic and career have been expressed in recent years to increase the assessment. Currently, in Mexico, we have the most compulsive and unnecessary assessment in the world, because by merely disclosing that have bad results is not enough "to get a teaching improvement.
However, he added, the country has wanted to hear "the researchers that they sing nice to hear, but at that point simply ignore the problems."
Moreover, according to the accountability report 2000-2005 of the SEP, the Workers' fees increased by 50 percent, going from 464 in 2000 to 937 in 2005. In the same period, middle managers decreased from 400 thousand to 290 thousand, senior managers went from 72 to 45, while in 2000 there was no temporary workers in 2005 were recorded around 30.
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http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/12/04/index.php?section=sociedad&article=044n1soc
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