:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/3Z52FOQDPNGYVNDQTIABGSEZPM.jpg "Huaicos, dengue cases and demonstrations endanger the start of the school year in the regions 1")
Less than two weeks from the start of the School year 2023, scheduled for Monday, March 13, arouses the concern of thousands of parents, especially in the regions of the country, because the start of the school year for their children will be postponed. THE social protests and roadblocks that still persist in some provinces, as well as the worrying number of cases of dengue fever and registered huaicos, jeopardizes the return to school.
If we add to this that, according to the reports of the Comptroller General of the Republicthere is presence of colleges with infrastructure problems in various places in the interior of Peru, in addition to the lack of books, educational tools and student furniture, the situation is getting even worse. The shortage of teachers and administrative staff is another of the complications of the start of the school year.
Although certainly in several regions the social disorderin some still persist the protests, marches and blockades. One of these cities is Puno, where people have been mobilizing since December 2022. Among other things, their demands remain the same: early legislative elections, resignation of the president To Boluarteclosing of the Congress and establishment of a constituent assembly for a new political Constitution.
Faced with this situation, we learned that the Local Pedagogical Management Unit (UGEL) de Puno would consider the possibility of using virtuality again, so as not to have to postpone the start of classes scheduled for the March 13. It is not excluded that other teaching units will evaluate the same possibility, given the fear of a return of social tensions.
What would seem like a good outcome for this region would end up being complicated by the lack of internet access and connectivity in various areas. Official data revealed that almost 20% of Puno’s population does not have access to mobile internet. This would mean that dozens of school children would struggle to learn.
Added to this is the indefinite strike announced for the first week of March by a sector of the Unitary Union of Education Workers of Peru (Sutep). Since Lima, the members of this group have refused to join the measure, but in the regions, several representatives of the same union think differently and go to the capital to join the mobilizations.
Mario Zapana, provincial secretary of Sutep San Roman (Puno), announced that, in support of the indefinite walkout assumed by a large part of the population, several members of the union will initiate an indefinite national demonstration starting next week.
He explained that a trip by a delegation of teachers to the city of Lima is scheduled for Monday, March 6, to support the protest measure that demands the resignation of Dina Boluarte, the advancement of elections and a future constituent Assembly.
The bone dengue fever At the national level, they continue to increase and already reach 17,430 infections, up to the eighth epidemiological week, according to the National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention and Disease Control of the Ministry of Health (Minsa).
In the past week alone, a total of 2,400 new cases have been reported. The areas of the jungle and the north coast are the most affected by this virus transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Ucayali is the region with the majority of cases, reporting 3,525 cases, followed by Lorette with 3,114 cases, piura with 1,971 infections, Mother of God with 1,681 cases, San Martín with 1,519 cases and Huánuco with 1,327. Only these six regions total 13,135 infections, 76% of the cases reported in the entire Peruvian territory. There are fears that the number of infected patients will increase, which could complicate the return to school.
The rainy season has intensified in recent weeks in all parts of the country, causing increased river flow, overflows, floods, landslides, rockslides and landslides. This is another of the reasons that would endanger the return to class of schoolchildren, since some schools have been destroyed or collapsed by the fury of nature.