Of 49,566 teachers who took the test for positions in the 2019-2020 public schools, only 11,855 persons passed, or around 23.92%. The Dominican Association of Public School Teachers had protested the test, saying it was not appropriate to the country.
The Ministry changed the test. The second testing is taking place on Monday, 5 August 2019, as part of the process to fill 10,700 slots for public school teachers directors and school guidance councilors and psychologists. Candidates passing Monday’s test will be interviewed.
Ministry officials said that candidates from the Bahoruco school district had the highest percentages of passes at 36.20% of the 1,496 candidates. Mao, Valverde province, scored the second-highest pass rate with 30.41% of the 1,369 persons who took the test.
At the beginning of the testing, Xiomara Guante, the ADP president, complained about a series of “irregularities” in the test. She argued these caused some areas to have a 0% pass rate, others a 2% pass rate and still others a 10% pass rate.
This massive setback caused the whole process to be delayed a week and restarted under “the most strict transparency and adherence to the norms agreed to by the Ministry and the ADP.”
This was the first year that persons with some disabilities were allowed to take the same tests, and they scored very well. 75% of the 18 persons with visual or physical disabilities passed the test.
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5 August 2019