The Ministry of Education announced the appointment of 107 district directors for a period of five years. These are subject to their confirmation after their first year on the job.
Education Minister Andres Navarro swore in the directors on Sunday, 25 March 2018. The directors were selected from a short list of 1,035 candidates nationwide. The appointments follow the announcement of the choice of 18 regional directors made earlier in March.
Navarro announced that gender was respected and half of those chosen are men and half women. He said that 40% of the new district directors previously had been employed as directors or deputy directors of public schools, 36% were employed as regional or district technicians, 22% were school teachers and 2% were employed in student orientation.
The selection process is objected by directors of the Public School Teachers Guild (ADP).
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Diario Libre
26 March 2018
