A group of Mexican teachers Tuesday stormed into the office building of the Public Education Ministry in protest against the "Alliance for Educational Quality," an agreement reached between the government and the national teachers' union in May.
They demanded talking with Education Minister Josefina Vazquez Mota, who was not in the building at the time.
Local media said that about 100 teachers entered the building and that they intended to stay there for at least 24 hours.
The protesters are members of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CENTE) which is the official dissident of the National Union of Education Workers (SNTE, according to its initials in Spanish), a larger teachers' union.
They were against the "Alliance for Educational Quality," which among others obliges teachers to take yearly tests to receive a certification for their performance.
Mexico was placed last among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a club of mainly developed countries, in reading, science and mathematics in December by the Program for International Student Assessment.
The dropout rate remains high in the country. Roughly 10 percent of those who finish elementary school never complete middle school.
Source:Xinhua
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