Education Minister Andrés Navarro and representatives of the Public Teachers Association (ADP) agreed to wait for the ruling by the Superior Administrative Court (TSA) on the appointment of 18 regional education directors. The TSA is the government body in charge of revising actions taken by other government entities to ensure these comply with the law.
Navarro also said he accepted the intermediation of the Ministry of Public Administration (MAP) to clarify the interpretations made on the law by the Ministry of Education and the ADP. Navarro said he is opening doors for talks between both institutions.
The ADP has opposed the new methodology used by the Ministry of Education to select the regional directors.
The meeting between the Ministry and the ADP lasted around an hour and a half.
An editorial in El Dia says that the impasse is because of differences between deputies Radhames Camacho and Eduardo Hidalgo who are holding on to their influence in appointing the regional directors.
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Listin Diario
El Nacional
El Dia
6 March 2018
