POST 5 (WEEK 7) >> SUMMARY FROM A CAREER-RELATED ARTICLE FROM THE GUARDIAN (ONLINE NEWSPAPER
STUDENTS TO PROTEST OVER FUNDING CUTS AND EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
This
week the student protest is returning to London. After a succession of
occasionally chaotic marches two years ago. This march is organized by the
National Union of Students and has the official slogan Educate, Employ,
Empower. It is intended to highlight not just tuition fees and the loss of the
educational maintenance allowance (EMA), but the dire employment prospects
faced by many young people once they leave education, said Liam
Burns, the NUS president.
Organizers
expect at least 10,000 demonstrators to mass near the Embankment, on the north
side of the Thames on Wednesday morning, before a march past Parliament Square
towards Kennington Park, just south of the river, for a rally.
The purpose
is to “setting the agenda for politicians. I
don't think anyone would disagree that we're bearing the brunt of all sorts of
attacks that we certainly didn't create. This is a different type of protest.
It's about sending a clear message to politicians that it simply isn't good
enough. The demonstration is like a starter gun to the general election, so
parliament knows it has to do something to make things different for our
generation. But it's also to say that we've not forgotten how they betrayed us
in the last general election.", said the NUS president.
This shows that education is in crisis worldwide. The manifestations in England are similar to those of Chile in 2011. This news is interesting!
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