Nicolás Massot, against the teachers’ unions: “It is impossible that the leadership of CTERA is stronger than the vast majority of society”

The leader of Together for Change Nicolás Massot He spoke on Sunday of the situation in the country following the coronavirus pandemic and pointed out against the teachers’ unions who are against the return to face-to-face classes:“It is impossible for the leadership of CTERA to be stronger than the vast majority of society”, Filming.

In dialogue with Radio Rivadavia, The former national deputy declared that “it is necessary to prevent [el tratamiento de la pandemia] becomes a binary question. “

“This is not to deny the second wave or the severity of this virus which seems so evolving and which is proving so difficult to find. It is not a question of associating this problem with the successes or errors of the vaccination policy, but to put the importance of education in context ”, declared Massot.

For him, “leducation seems to be a taboo subject. “ And he added: “It seems that it is impossible to give a protocol and I believe that none of the predictions that await us today justify another year, or even a month more I am not starting a course “.

In this sense, the director of Banco Ciudad added that “there is no reason not to work with four hands” to put in place protocols to start the courses in March and take advantage of the time that remains to prepare the courses. classroom.

“Has the spread of the virus been prevented by closed schools? No. It’s a misconception to think if it could have been twice as bad, three times worse, a little worse or the same. The truth is, we don’t know. It seems to me that we should continue to have this debate with open schools and start reacting by putting education where it needs to be, a priority, ”he noted.

Regarding teachers’ unions that are not in favor of a face-to-face return to the classroom, Massot said: “If there is to be conflict, there must be conflict. the society. I am convinced and I have teachers who have wanted to return to class for a long time. I am convinced that the union is not representative. “

Finally, on the possibility of the government decreeing a new quarantine, he said: “It seems to me that it does not deserve that we have absolute containment of the population. We have to understand who really needs to be confined more strictly.”

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