Teachers protesting in Bolivia against education reform pepper-sprayed by police
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- 28 Apr 2023
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Teachers protesting in Bolivia against education reform were pepper-sprayed outside the Ministry of Education in La Paz by police.
On Monday, teachers from all over Bolivia marched in La Paz in the third week of protests to demand more teachers for public schools, a higher education budget, and in rejection of a new curriculum.
In the midst of growing street demonstrations against the government of President Luis Arce, protesters paralysed traffic leading to the Ministry of Education, where a police contingent prevented them from seizing the building.
Officers used pepper spray to repel the demonstrators.
Education Minister Edgar Pary said he agreed to convene an educational congress to analyse the situation of education and that the hiring of new teachers is done every year according to the economic possibilities of the State. Read More..
