At the beginning of last December, the eight directors and deputy directors of the four higher schools of the Polytechnic Institute of Beja (IPBeja), they have now come to the public to clarify the Academic Community of the institution. President the bone of contention.
A 7 December, Lidador Notícias revealed the resignation of the eight elements that integrated the boards of the four superior schools of the IPBeja, joint application submitted, two days before, to the president of the institution, Maria de Fatima Carvalho, “due to disagreement with its decisions”.
Na height, Aldo Passarinho, Pro-president for Image and Communication, confirmed that “there are frictions that are under consideration without a concrete decision”, adding that it is a case of “dissatisfaction and things that have to be resolved”, justifying that in the case of directors and sub-directors of schools “they cannot resign, why are named. They can, ask to leave and they will be exonerated”, finished.
But the transition from “Red Alert” to “Catastrophe Zone” inside the Polytechnic happened after they were published in the “Diário do Alentejo” last day 13, statements by Maria de Fátima Carvalho, considered as “undisguised attacks” that the resignations consider that were directed at them in the New Year's message addressed to the Academic Community by the president.
In a document issued by the eight resigners, they consider that “they are offensive to our honor and our good name in all respects”., the same can be said of the accusations of despair and the assertion of untruths”.
The signatories (ESAgrarian: Director- Manuel Joaquim Marques Patanita and Deputy Director: Patricia Alexandra Dias Brito Palma, ES Education: Director- Maria João Pinheiro da Silva and Deputy Director- Pedro Bento, ESTTechnology and Management: Director- José Filipe dos Reis and Deputy Director- Marta Amaral and ESEnfermagem: director- Antonieta Medeiros and Deputy Director- Ana Clara Nunes) justify that, in a nine-page document, “we explained the main reasons that motivated our resignations, through the document we sent, by EDOC, to Sra. President of lPBeja, as well as the General Council, to the Technical-Scientific Council and the Pedagogical Council of the Institute in 3/1/2023, and that we attach, for the sake of truth and in defense of our good name. And, once again, We reaffirm our decision not to continue to perform our duties.”, Remata.
In the document entitled “Clarification on the reasons that motivated the dismissal of the Boards of the IPBeja Schools”, the eight resigned present three items where they justify the reasons for leaving: 1-The School Boards were not heard or called to participate in the structuring documents for the institution's strategy and functioning in the coming years (contrary to the provisions of art.2 4 of the Statutes and in art2 12.2 of the Statutes of the Schools), 2-The President of IPBeja did not promote a dialogue relationship, of participation/collaboration or teamwork with the Boards of Schools and 3-The Presidency made decisions regarding the training offer (which constitutes the central mission of the Institute and of the Schools that compose it), without the participation and/or agreement of the School Boards and with relevant consequences for the maintenance of training, for the operation and/or accreditation of the courses, for the quality of education provided, for the teaching-learning environment and job stability.
Maria de Fátima Carvalho took office as president of the IPBeja in 30 November 2021 and a few months later saw one of the two vice presidents, Rogerio Ferrinho, resign from office, for disagreements with the leader of the presidency, having been replaced by Nuno Loureiro.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
