According to the vice president of the Dominican Teachers’ Association, Primitiva Medina, more than 53,000 public school teachers are on a waiting list for their pensions, at 100% of their salaries. This topic forms part of the discussions between the Ministry of Education and the teachers’ union. Most of the former educators on the waiting list were of pensionable age and most had been teaching for over 30 years.
She also said that there were still 20,000 teachers waiting to be assessed by Ministry officials.
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19 December 2017
