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Teachers urge Meduca to amend the law

Authorities at the Ministerio de Educación (Meduca) trust that the Corte Suprema de Justicia (CSJ) will soon resolve the legal problem that has stalled the appointment of 2,000 teachers in the country's public schools.

According to a law passed in 1976, only those teachers who graduated from the Escuela Normal de Santiago can be considered for teaching positions. Others who graduated from a university and who are seeking teaching jobs have challenged the legality of the measure.