Education Officials Will
Meet With Students This
Week
Officials of the
Ministerio de Educación
Pública (MEP) say they
will meet with students
on Wednesday, following
the disturbance caused
by students last Friday
as they protested
against having to give
exams which they say
they are not prepared
for due to the almost
four weeks of teacher
strike.
The MEP vice-minister,
Alejandrina Mata,
assured that the meeting
will go ahead as
planned. The
vice-minister added that
they do not have the
names of the students
and have no way of
identifying those
responsible for the
vandalism caused in
Friday's protests.
Students are demanding
that the MEP cancel this
year's exams, feeling
they are at the losing
end of the long
teacher's strike.
Some of the protestors
broke windows of the
Rofas building and
caused damage to other
property of the
surrounding areas when
they gathered on mass in
the area of the MEP
offices. Anti riot
police were on hand to
keep control.
The vice-minister said
she would like to see
those responsible for
the vandalism punished
but admitted that she
has no idea who is
responsible.
The vice-minister added
that MEP officials will
be talking to school
principals this week to
discuss what to do with
the protesting students.
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