Ms Soledad Acuna, Under-Secretary of Education of the City of Buenos Aires briefed the delegation on the Physical Education System. Ms Acuna stated that since 2011, Argentina had a National Directorate of Physical Education, as a branch within the Ministry of Education. She spoke of the budget, and how this led to the decision to offer free physical education to learners and students. Physical Education was seen as a compulsory subject at school, even though it was not an all-week activity, and normally students had about three hours per week set aside for activities, on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The students were assigned marks for their performance in Physical Education (PE), and he reiterated that it was run by professional PE teachers, who were trained for four years at tertiary institutions.