The Ministry of Education reports that 73.86% of the 33,069 teachers that took the academic level test required to work in public schools failed. This was the Academic Orientation and Measurement Test (Prueba de Orientación y Medición Académica – POMA). Only 8,643 met the minimum requirements for the jobs.
Those who failed protested outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Education asking for a second chance to pass and qualify for the jobs.
Of 3,379 who sat for the test in Greater Santo Domingo, only 857 passed. In Santiago 822 passed of 2,539 teachers taking the test. In San Pedro de Macorís, 785 of 2,324 applicants passed.
On 24 June 2019, the president of the Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP), Xiomara Guante, denounced that the job contests for teachers were not designed for Dominican education professionals. She asked that the Minister of Education take charge. In five of the regions where the test was applied, 100% of the participants had failed the exam.
24 July 2019