After Two Weeks of Protests, Mexican Teachers Vow to Disobey Education Reform Agence France-Presse
go to original September 6, 2013

Aerial images taken by Grupo Reforma using a drone. (gruporeforma)

Mexico City - Tens of thousands of teachers demonstrated in Mexico City, many vowing to disobey an education reform passed by Congress and championed by President Enrique Pena Nieto.

Holding umbrellas under a blazing sun, the teachers marched across the capital’s main boulevard, snarling traffic yet again after two weeks of protests that failed to block one of the major national reforms pushed by the Mexican leader.

Pena Nieto hailed the Senate’s final approval of the legislation, saying that “thanks to your important decision, the children and youth of Mexico will have better quality education.”

The law aims to improve an education system that ranks dead last in the 34-nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development by stripping the power of unions over the classrooms and requiring instructors to undergo performance evaluations.

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