Costa Rica is a true boiling pot of different cultures that often go beyond the usual visitors from the United States and Canada. When it comes to university education, many international students choose Costa Rica because of the friendliness and safe learning environment that is hard to find anywhere else. While the local universities may…
Students, teachers and authorities of Costa Rica’s five state universities on Thursday protested in front of the Legislative Assembly. They argued that universities should be excluded from a bill that seeks to regulate public employment.
The university students claimed that the law project threatens the autonomy of public higher education and will affect the functioning of the institutions.
“We come to demonstrate to express our concern for the inclusion of universities in this bill,” said the rector of the National University, Francisco González.
“We believe that it is a violation of the social rule of law,” added González at the demonstration in front of the Legislative Assembly.