# Students demand university funding law compliance

> Students and lecturers protest as Milei government ignores university funding law.
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- Summary: Students and lecturers protest as Milei government ignores university funding law. Students and lecturers demand immediate implementation of university…
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- Source: Buenos Aires Times — https://batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/students-unions-stage-fifth-federal-march-over-university-funding.phtml
- Published: 2026-10-15T20:16:17+00:00
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- Topics: students, university funding law, javier milei, conadu historica, agd-uba, public universities, argentina, buenos aires, news, politics, world
## Fifth federal march
Thousands of students and lecturers marched across Argentina demanding President Milei’s government comply with university funding law.
## University funding law
The law requires inflation-linked salary adjustments for lecturers since December 2023 and restores student grants and university operations funding.
## Funding shortfall
University funding fell 40.5 percent in real terms in the first half of 2024 compared to 2023, according to UBA research.
## Lecturers’ debt
Lecturers face a 32 percent salary debt to the government despite court orders to implement the law.
## Salary disparity
A junior lecturer’s gross salary dropped from 741,111 pesos to 561,659 pesos under the law’s implementation.
## Government stance
Milei claims the law does not specify funding mechanisms, breaching fiscal balance goals.
## Demonstration
Thousands gathered near Congress with banners demanding ‘Milei, comply with the law’ and ‘Public universities are a right, not a privilege.’

> Milei, comply with the law
## Union demands
Unions call for immediate implementation of the law, salary increases, higher student grants, and increased university budgets.
## Strikes and protests
State workers staged a 24-hour strike to pressure the government to repeal Milei’s rural land sale decree.
## Key takeaway

Students and lecturers demand immediate implementation of university funding law after government ignores inflation-linked salary adjustments.