Education Minister Andres Navarro held a press conference yesterday, 29 March 2017, to announce measures so that students can make up classes lost due to public school teacher strikes called by members of the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP). As reported in 7 Dias, the Ministry is putting a close to the constructive dialogue it had maintained with the public school teachers union.
Among the measures announced is the hiring of 6,400 temporary teachers among those who recently passed tests to replace the striking teachers. He said they could also ask teachers who had retired to return and are considering hiring professionals that have taken teacher certification courses. Administrative actions would be taken, including the firing of the striking teachers.
The position is taken after the president of the ADP Eduardo Hildago backed teacher strikes in Barahona, San Francisco de Macorís, Cotuí, Mao, Nagua, San Juan de la Maguana and Salcedo. He says this violates the Quality in Education Agreement signed by all in 2014.
Read more in Spanish:
7 Dias
30 March 2017
