The students began the occupation two days after Carolina Vega, the first rector of the educational establishment in its history, took office. The petition envisages 15 central points and 40 subsumes, including setting up of infrastructure, training and reinforcement of teaching and non-teaching personnel, protocols for interaction with police officers and conditions aimed at facilitating the education of neurodivergent people. Correction has been requested.
The recently assumed rector of the National Institute (IN), Carolina Vega, sought negotiations in terms of student takeover of the establishment. For this reason, they invited representatives of the educational facility to speak to their daughters and sons to persuade them to close the business.
“Our commitment to continuing to address conflict through dialogue with examples of student representation, and to stand firm against those who use violence, is what has brought us so much progress,” the teacher said.
According to Vega, having underage students unsupervised on campus puts their safety at risk. The demands of the student body, which launched action on Wednesday, include measures such as improved educational and health supplies, more flexible use of uniforms, repurposing space and wider sex education, civics and philosophy classes for their training Are. ,
The students also ask for better educational conditions for neurodivergent people: among these, that they have anti-stress toys, time limits for tasks, and teacher training on how to avoid problems. The petition given by the students consists of 15 points with 40 specifications in the short, medium and long term.
In addition, the students demand the creation of a protocol for Carabineros with students, more teachers for the establishment and more psychologists and cleaning staff in the IN. There is no last date for intake.
Also the establishment located in the commune of Santiago, the José Victorino Lastaria High School, is also subject to confiscation since Tuesday, with similar demands regarding real estate and infrastructure, food distributed by the student campus and the need to reinforce education wider sex. Together.
In addition, from the student center of the school, located in Providencia, they allege that “one of the great shortcomings that exist is the political harassment that has taken place towards our classmates.”
