What about Professional Training Centers in the City?
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is the City of Buenos Aires’s training program based on the demands of the workplaces. The offers are not conveyed, there are no guaranteed minimum contents, or "the number of entries is not sufficient to establish commissions," transparency in the selection process of teachers is not guaranteed and there were problems with delivery of certificates.</p>
Through the coordination of vocational training, which is under the aegis of the Buenos Aires Ministry of Education, the courses are to train the population according to the demands of the workplace with the aim of increasing employability. However, a report of the Auditor General of the City of Buenos Aires (AGCBA, for its acronym in Spanish) found that there is "insufficient allocation of resources."
The "common minimum contents are not guaranteed" and the "the number of entries is insufficient to establish commissions," so there is a little blur in the benefits and facilities of the program. Added to this it is that "the Management Research and Statistics office of the Buenos Aires Ministry of Education does not relieve all of the offered bids."
As discussed on the website of the Buenos Aires government "courses are taught in 33 professional training centers, in 3 shifts: morning, afternoon and night; duration - quarterly or annually and the frequency of classes varies depending on the specialty chosen."
The teaching positions are a sensitive area in this report which evaluates the management of the 2011 Professional Training Centers. It shows that "they are not incorporated into the Teachers' Statute so that it cannot ensure transparency in the procedures for selection and promotion of teachers." Nor are there implemented mechanisms that allow appointments to be listed through merit.
In the management of funds there are also issues for improvement. From all the Training Centers evaluated "75% had difficulties with the formation of the Cooperative Associations which blocked the transfer of funds to purchase teaching materials and equipment."
In addition, "no control mechanism was implemented to verify that they comply with the maximum caps established for the collection of institutions."
In its report, approved in 2013, the AGCBA warns that "the Nomenclature of Actions is not updated so it is not known if the offer contained is the current one and whether it is appropriate to the productive context."
The audit team said "there is no fulfillment with the technical administrative documentation" as different forms, examination records and other records are integrated without a unified criterion.
Regarding issuing certificates, the auditors noted "weak controls in Coordination." Among the main irregularities "that are not standardized forms of delivery signature to the stakeholders." Also the records "are not forwarded to the Coordination of Professional Training," and therefore, "does not have updated information on the certificates issued to various information centers."
The AGCBA also found that "the 2011 enrollment data was not complete" and therefore recommended "developing and implementing information systems which in turn would allow the construction of indicators to assess each area."
In response, the control agency considered "it is core appointing a supervisor for adequate monitoring, evaluation and control of the educational service offered by the Training Centers as well as obtain the proper management of the provision of financial resources and building maintenance".