After almost a week of strikes and protests, including the hunger strike of four teachers, the Ministry of Education reached an agreement with the teachers of the Atacama Region, who paused their activities to complain regarding the poor conditions in the schools in the area. .

After agreeing to end the hunger strike starting at 4:00 p.m., the local president of the union, Carlos Rodríguez, stated that “from now on” the challenge is for the minister: give us all the conditions and you will have excellent results. , because without conditions, we still drag this public education.”

The Minister of Education, Nicolás Cataldo, highlighted “an important participation of all educational communities per school, both for infrastructure issues and planning for pedagogical backwardness.”

Regarding those who criticize slow progress in the agreed improvements as a result of the previous conflict, and mentioning high-cost private schools, he asked if “are we going to wait until all the schools are in The Grange condition?” Or Nido de Aguilas?”, since “when we talk regarding infrastructure, they are not resolutions of days, or even months. The processes are long.”