Educational Reforms Arturo Frondizi

opponents of proposed educational reform law (a bill sponsored religious institutions) protest in front of congress (1958)

following university reform of 1918, argentine education, @ university level, became more independent of government, influential catholic church. church began re-emerge in country s secular educational system during perón s rule, when catechism reintroduced in public schools, , parochial institutions began receiving subsidies. sudden reversal in policy in 1954 helped lead perón s violent overthrow, however, after earlier, pro-clerical policies reinstated aramburu.

frondizi opposed aramburu s law 6403 of 1955, advanced private education generally, , parochial, or more often, catholic-run schools (those staffed lay teachers), in particular. confident new policy upheld, church supporters founded argentine catholic university. ucri campaigned against policy, though when frondizi took office, shifted in favor of further, pro-clerical reforms, referred free education. opposed many in own party, , president of university of buenos aires (his brother, risieri), frondizi open motivation policy change, declaring need support of church.

the educational freedom law, signed in 1959, freed private universities limits imposed 1885 avellaneda law, forbad them issuing official degrees directly, through public university. law led controversy because of new universities , private schools, become eligible state subsidies, religious. supporters applauded frondizi’s vision of private universities co-exist public ones, , seen progressive measure. in favour of strictly secular educational system believed law concession given church in exchange support, however, , became disillusioned pragmatic frondizi.

frondizi, however, advanced other educational reforms dovetail economic policy. administration incorporated national workers university network of campuses (technical schools inaugurated perón in 1948) national university aegis, established utn system in 1959, , opened numerous new campuses. utn became leading alma mater argentine engineers in subsequent decades.