Morning Star.png Government Gives Ground on Teacher Tests after Strikes But it refuses to meet the striking union James Tweedie, The Morning Star, London, 15 July 2016 Mexican Education Secretary Aurelio Nuno pledged on Wednesday to revise pernicious teacher evaluation tests that have sparked months of strikes. But he refused to meet with teachers' union CNTE, which is leading the strikes, preferring to deal with the rival SNTE that is aligned with President Enrique Pena Nieto's government. "Last week, I welcomed the proposals brought to me by SNTE - 11 propositions that brought us to various negotiating tables . that would allow us to come to an important agreement regarding the education reform," Mr Nuno said. "We have agreed, and the SEP (Ministry of Public Education) has decided, to revise and improve the evaluation of teachers to make it more appropriate and much more useful." Mr Nuno said he would also expand the curriculum and increase teachers' wages by 3.5 per cent. No test, no job? No, thanks! The CNTE wants the tests dropped outright, saying they are a mere pretext for mass sackings. Those who refuse to take the exams automatically lose their jobs. Mexico-based academic and writer John Mill Ackerman told Tuesday's Keiser Report programme on Russia Today television that the government's aim was to suppress critical thinking by teachers and attempts to educate pupils about their national heritage. "The 'education reform' is designed to fire thousands of teachers, particularly from the south," he said. "It is the rural teachers in Mexico who have the profound commitment and knowledge of Mexican history and culture." "The Education Department has designed these new evaluations . to kick out the most conscious and critical teachers." From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-b04c-Mexico-Government-gives-ground-on- teacher-tests-after-strikes#.V4himPl9600 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13806 (20160715) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/002401d1de5a%24e6756050%24b36020f0%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
