“We are very concerned about the respect of the processes in the Public Teaching Career,” says Marcela Benavides, president of Businessmen for Education, explaining the meeting that took place on Friday, August 23 with the president of Congress, Eduardo Salhuana. “We want meritocracy to be maintained.” Representatives of groups such as the National Competitiveness Council, the National Education Council and IPAE were also present. “We went to talk about the importance of not having Bill No. 1587 approved by insistence and being archived,” she says. The autograph proposes incorporating teachers who have not taken the national teacher evaluation into the Public Teaching Career (CPM). “The president was very interested and took note, understanding the importance of meritocracy.”
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There were two meetings in total. There was also the presence of Alex Paredes, from the Magisterial Block, who, according to Benavides, was in favour of meritocracy. María Isabel León (IPAE) qualifies her opinion on what Paredes said. “However, in the end she recognised that the project could be archived,” she explains. “They are aware that jumping the fence is not the way,” she says. The general secretary of SUTEP, Lucio Castro, was also present, who was in favour of archiving the law. “And we have proposed that the competitions for access to the Public Teaching Career be annual and not biannual, to close the gap in the number of teachers, which is 87 thousand, but without squeezing them in through the back door,” says León. “Right now there is an entrance competition for 50 thousand.” The autograph has been passed to the Budget Commission. Then the Education Commission will see it. And it is expected to be archived. It remains in the hands of Congress.
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“The law endangers the meritocracy of teachers,” says former Minister of Education, Idel Vexler (National Education Council).
“President Salhuana and Congressman Alex Paredes were receptive and said they would evaluate it,” Vexler explains.
