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🇵🇾 Paraguay /Culture & Society

Raúl A. Oviedo students occupy school and demand director’s removal over abuse allegations

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • About 250 students have occupied the Colegio Nacional Raúl Arsenio Oviedo in Raúl Arsenio Oviedo and are demanding the director’s removal.
  • Students, parents and staff allege mistreatment, humiliation, harassment and threats, while also questioning school conditions and the handling of institutional funds.
  • Parents have asked Paraguay’s Education Ministry to investigate the director’s professional record, appointment documents and management of public resources.

Around 250 students at Paraguay’s Colegio Nacional Raúl Arsenio Oviedo have occupied the institution since the previous day, demanding that director Liz Mabel Ayala Godoy leave her post. They say the school has become a place of mistreatment, humiliation, harassment and threats.

The students want the director removed before they return to class. Mauricio Benítez said the situation had continued for several months and affected students, teachers and parents. “We are asking her to step aside so that we can resume our classes in a safe and peaceful place,” he said.

We are asking her to step aside so that we can resume our classes in a safe and peaceful place

— Mauricio BenítezThe student explained why protesters are demanding the director’s removal.

The protest also concerns the condition of the school buildings and the alleged use of institutional resources. Benítez cited deteriorating floors, windows and glass, and questioned how funds intended to guarantee free education had been handled. “How are we going to study in peace and tranquility? It is not possible,” he said, summarizing the students’ demand as “peace, tranquility and rights.”

How are we going to study in peace and tranquility? It is not possible

— Mauricio BenítezHe described the students’ concerns about the school environment and conditions.

Parents, guardians, students and other members of the educational community have submitted a request to Paraguay’s Ministry of Education and Sciences for urgent intervention. They want a comprehensive review of Ayala Godoy’s employment, competitive-selection and administrative records, including the seniority and academic and professional documents used to obtain the directorship.

The parents say they have approached educational supervisors, the departmental directorate, CODENI and police authorities in recent months. Their filing cites disputed sanctions, emotional harm, continuing conflicts and allegedly improper procedures, as well as concerns about retaliation, pressure or intimidation. They also ask authorities to examine public funds, purchases, investments and other institutional resources.

peace, tranquility and rights

— Mauricio BenítezHe summarized the students’ central demands.
About this summary

Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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