Mexico: Oaxaca Congress Rejects Dissident Teachers' Education Reform Proposals

Aristegui Noticias: The Oaxaca Congress has rejected the counter proposal on education reform submitted by the teachers and state Governor Gabino Cué, according to the chairman of the Political Coordination Committee, the PRD's Alejandro López Jarquín.

According to Reforma, Lopez Jarquín claimed that Oaxaca would need at least 13 billion pesos [US$1,070,900,000], not included in the educational reform passed by the Federal Congress, to start up programs and plans proposed in the counter-reform.

"We see part of it as unconstitutional because it goes against the [federal] reform that is  already in effect; therefore, it is impossible to legislate in this area. Legally, it can't be passed," he said.

In February, the leader of Section 22 of the National Coordinating Committee of Education Workers and the National Union of Education Workers (CNTE and SNTE), Rubén Núñez Ginéz, presented Congress with an educational counter-reform called a Plan for Transforming Education in Oaxaca (PTEO).

"The teachers demanded that state deputies elevate this project into law, and they even seized the Congress building for two weeks in February ... The PTEO was analyzed by the Education Committee, which drew the conclusion that it isn't legally viable," said the Oaxaca legislator. (With information from Reforma.com) 

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