Revista de la Mañana. La Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas proyecta el reinicio de actividades académicas para el 21 de enero de 2019

Abstract

The Academic Vicerector of the District University, Professor William Fernando Castrillón, announced that the restart of academic activities to conclude the 2018-03 period is projected for January 21, 2019. This tentative date, which has been preliminarily approved by the Academic Council, aims to provide sufficient time for the re-hiring of part-time professors (hora cátedra) and for administrative preparations following the vacation period for permanent faculty, who return on January 8th. The goal is to finish the pending period by the third week of February 2019 at the latest, in order to start the 2019-01 period around March 4th and manage to level the two full academic periods throughout the rest of the year. The Vice-Rector highlighted the historic achievement of the national agreements between the student movement and the government, which allocated more than $4.5 trillion additional pesos to public higher education. Although the District University is not the biggest beneficiary of the national resources, the agreement did have a positive influence in securing a budget addition of $15 billion pesos from the Bogotá Council. Finally, Professor Castrillón indicated the Academic Council's willingness to dialogue with the students and movement leaders to guarantee the peaceful resumption of classes, which requires the unblocking of facilities and a positive attitude from the community