National universities lie about the number of unemployed teachers

In a public letter, CIN stated that "10,000 teaching positions have been lost." That figure is absolutely false, according to the official records of the Budget Directorate of this Undersecretariat. There are not 10,000 registered resignations. The active CUILs that reflect the entirety of the staff at national universities categorically refute that number. There is no evidence of mass dismissals.

From the Undersecretariat of University Policies, and with direct access to the official information of the national university system, I am compelled to categorically deny the false statements disseminated by the National Interuniversity Council (CIN), its authorities, and several rectors.

If such a significant reduction had actually occurred, the universities would have had to return nearly $250,000 million to the National Treasury, corresponding to unexecuted salaries. That reimbursement did not occur, which confirms that the funds have been used normally and that the staff remains unchanged in that magnitude.

The 2023 University Statistics Yearbook, prepared by the system itself, shows that the total personnel expenditure funded by the Treasury was $1,156,794,874,718, for a staff of 220,660 people. This results in an average annual cost per person of $5,242,431.

Therefore, if 10,000 people had actually disappeared, this would imply a surplus of $52,424 million in 2023, which, updated to December 2024, exceeds $119,000 million. No university reports such a surplus.

On the contrary, the data show a sustained growth trend, even in recent months:

In October 2023, there were 196,060 teaching positions; in May 2025, 198,988 (counting all sources of funding).

Funded exclusively by the National Treasury, the positions increased from 193,927 to 196,533.

Full-time positions, that is, those with the highest workload and academic responsibility, grew from 19,190 to 19,729.

There was an increase in the number of full professors (from 4,445 to 4,815), associate professors (from 2,069 to 2,122), and assistant professors (from 6,868 to 6,924).

The only slight decrease occurred in the category of first assistants, which went from 1,607 to 1,584, which is probably due to internal movement, with no impact on the total system.

This data is public, verifiable, and clear. This is why it is outrageous that the highest authorities of CIN, such as Oscar Alpa (rector of UNLPam) and Franco Bartolacci (rector of UNR), disseminate false information that only serves to fraudulently alarm society and generate institutional tension.

To this is added the technical irresponsibility. Oscar Alpa, who calls himself "a specialist in financial administration", recently stated that the budget "lost 500% of its value"; a mathematical absurdity. If something loses 100%, its value is zero. Saying it lost 500% is to ignore basic principles of calculation.

As our president Javier Milei said, we won't allow any more lies with false data, especially when citizens' trust is at stake. As our minister Sandra Pettovello rightly emphasized in the statement from the Ministry of Human Capital, transparency in the use of public funds is a non-negotiable pillar of this administration.