According to the director of the Dominican Institute for Assessment and Research of Educational Quality (Ideice), Julio Valeirón, only 2.9% of the 60,100 teachers examined in the classroom as part of the 2017 Teaching Performance Assessment qualified as excellent and outstanding, having achieved over 90 points.
Valeiron said the country needs to be served by better qualified teachers. He aimed most of his criticism at the 25 universities that offer degrees in education, pointing out that the curriculum and quality of instruction at these institutions needs to be reviewed and upgraded.
The first phase of the evaluation included more than 40,000 teachers and the results were available in January 2018. This phase completes the process. Valeiron said the full report would be available this week and will provide information to take into account to achieve an improved education system in the country.
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Diario Libre
El Caribe
17 July 2018
