Santiago's Concert for $ for education

[NewsWhore]

Thousands of young people gathered around the Monumento in Santiago for a concert to protest against the lack of government funding for education. The "Voces Amarillas" (Yellow Voices) concert featured performances by more than 30 musicians who defied the intense heat to call on the government to meet Law 66-97 that allocates 4% of GDP to education. Speaking at the event, Educacion Digna campaign spokesman Mario Berges said that 300,000 children do not have classrooms because the government has not made the funds available to build 10,000 new classrooms and repair a further 12,000. He also said that 58,000 new teachers needed to be hired and trained in order to provide quality education. Children's entertainer Kanqui opened the show on Sunday at 4pm that continued with Prodigio, Fernando Echavarria, Victor Victor, Futuros Divorciados, Mananaaladie, Toque Profundo, Vicente Garcia, Janio Lora, Senor KR, Jochy Sanchez, Gnomico and Poeta Callejero, among others

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