Tuesday, October 09, 2007

National Day of the Solidarity Student

The Federal Council of Education has decided to add “The National Day of the Solidarity Student” to the school calendar. Last September 19th, at the 4th Meeting of the Federal Council of Education, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Daniel Filmus, and the top educational authorities of the 24 national jurisdictions agreed to settle October 8th as “The National Day of the Solidarity Student”.

During the meeting, the national educational authorities passed the measure in recognition of the solidarity carried out daily by thousands of Argentine students, and in memory of the 9 students and the teacher of Eco School of the City of Buenos Aires, who perished on October 8th when they were returning from a solidarity activity conducted at School Nº 375, El Paraisal, Chaco Province.

The authorities also agreed to create a document to register solidarity activities developed by students and teachers. The article Nº 32 of the National Law of Education establishes that the Federal Council of Education has to encourage the jurisdictions to guarantee youth voluntary activities and solidarity educational projects to cooperate with the community development. Text taken from the educational website: http://www.educ.ar/.

ORT Technical Schools adhere to this national initiative, which recalls the tragic events that took place on the date of “The Day of the Solidarity Student”. This action stimulates the work of the students who carry out various youth voluntary activities to cooperate with the community development, and promotes the teaching of road education.

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