Education Minister Andres Navarro invited members of the executive committee of the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) that represents public school teachers to a meeting on Friday, 7 April 2017, to discuss how teachers will make up classes that were lost as a result of teacher work stoppages. During a press conference, Navarro said on Wednesday, 5 April, that at some schools the academic year will have to be extended.
As reported in Diario Libre, Navarro said that the change in the attitude of ADP leadership could enable reactivating the agreement that had been reached last March. That agreement included a 10% salary increase starting August 2017.
Last week, Minister Navarro had announced the suspension of talks with the teachers after the union president Eduardo Hidalgo had openly expressed support of teachers’ walkout in Barahona. Navarro had announced that teachers would be hired to replace the striking professionals.
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6 April 2017
