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Panama: Teachers Hold National March

  • Panama school children

    Panama school children | Photo: EFE

Published 28 October 2015
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Teachers demanded a larger budget and better infrastructure, after a cement floor collapsed in a school in the capital.

Eleven groups in the teachers' union confederation (UNEP) reiterated on Wednesday that they will maintain the strike they started on Monday

They are demanding “decent schools,” meaning better infrastructure and equipment.

ASOPROF and UNEP invite teachers to join a national march on Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. outside the Republic of Venezuela School.

UNEP leader and teacher Luis Lopez said they were waiting for a meeting with President Juan Carlos Varela, where they hope to demand again that he address the issue and allocate a higher budget to the Ministry of Education. In his opinion, about 90 percent of school centers are in bad shape.

Five groups of the UNEP abstained from voting in support of the march.

On Tuesday, the school where the cement floor collapsed in Juan Diaz, a north-eastern suburb of the capital, announced students will finish the year via modules, fearing that low quality infrastructure could be dangerous.

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