From Córdoba's public universities, they are once again stirring up the specter that the second semester is at risk. They claim a lack of funds, although the national government transferred the resources on time and in full. What actually bothers them is that they can no longer manage the budget as a political cashbox.
Since last year, they have been repeating the same script: paralysis, emergency, and alleged closures. However, the universities have never stopped operating. What they have stopped doing is providing accountability for positions, funds, and the use of resources.
The university system has become a hypertrophied structure that resists any attempt at auditing. Rather than defending education, they defend their privileges. If anything is at risk, it is not the classes: it is the lack of transparency.
Invisible positions, activist narratives, and uncontrolled budgets
From these sectors, they claim that 10,000 "qualified" teachers have been lost due to low salaries. However, they do not show how many of those positions actually taught classes. Many were political appointments, with salaries without real work performed.
The wage bill consumed the university budget, displacing real academic needs. There are degree programs without students, duplicated departments, and curricula designed with activism, not scientific criteria. The problem is not the money: it is the model.
The national government proposed clear audits, objective allocation criteria, and cuts where there are deviations. The system's response was the usual: playing the victim, stirring up statements, and refusing oversight. The scam remains untouched.
