Posted by
GenericUserSam on Sunday, July 15, 2007 2:07:02 AM
Peru is a country where protests are rather routine and this week has been no exception.
Nationwide protests and a general strike have brought Peru to a near standstill over the last week.
Thousands of people in every major town and city took to
the streets, and three people are reported to have been killed in
clashes around the country.
And what do you ask has caused such an up-roar in the streets?
The protesting teachers object to a new law which obliges them to take a proficiency test and says they will be sacked if they repeatedly fail it. The test is part of the government's attempt to reform the appalling standard of Peru's state education. But union leaders say it will mean hundreds of arbitrary sackings. President Garcia appears to have inflamed the protests by launching insults at union leaders and dismissing them as left-wing radicals.
I'm glad that here in the U.S. all of our teachers can pass state
proficiency exams. They can pass them right?