Panama Demonstrators
Threaten School Year
PANAMA - The new school year, which will
begin on March 1st, will probably be
affected due to a teacher demonstration that
is worrying society, faced with possible
hindrances to the learning process.
Representatives of diferent teacher
associations, as Veraguas's Educators,
Independent Teachers, Special Educators and
Santeño Teachers warned that they would
demonstrate to support teachers who work in
areas difficult to access.
The organizations, with more than 20,000
members, demanded that Education Minister
Lucy Molinar answered to petitions by people
who work in the above mentioned areas.
Leaders of the Panamanian Teacher
Association (ASOPROF) said that
demonstration could encourage a national
action.
They questioned Molinar's performance,
demanding to put the education sector in the
hands of an experienced person who was
willing to exchange with the different sides
that take part in the learning process.
As a consequence of the protest march,
authorities hope to implement an
experimental program in 40 high schools, in
order to improve young people's education as
part of educational reforms.
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