Panama's President Opens New School and Calls for Education Reform

Molinar assured that they will not stop until all educational centers in the country are adapted to the demands of the modern world. The Minister of Education, Molinar, stated that the entity has a clear vision: to ensure that every child who goes through the educational system becomes a better person. The head of the Executive also referred to the need for an educational reform that prepares young people for challenges, promoting a more equitable education that generates better opportunities for everyone. Mulino called for joint work for education and the reduction of gaps in access to knowledge, and for public education to match private education in terms of tools and access to new technologies. The president also questioned the validity of the current Organic Law on Education, which dates back to the administration of Enrique Jiménez. "I want it to be a law, above all, discussed and consulted, and that just as the Social Security Fund law was approved, everyone who wants to speak can go to the Assembly," he expressed. After nine years of delay, President José Raúl Mulino inaugurated this Thursday the new headquarters of the República de Venezuela School, along with the Minister of Education, Lucy Molinar. She added that the modern facilities of the República de Venezuela School will set the trend for all projects carried out by the institution. She recalled that in 1979, important events took place at that educational center that perhaps with the abandonment of the work were intended to be forgotten. Mulino detailed that in that school, transcendent moments linked to the fight against the military dictatorship were experienced. "I am in no hurry to approve that law in any way." This project, which also includes the reconstruction of the Bolívar Commercial Institute, represents an investment of 21.8 million dollars and will benefit more than 1,600 students. During the inauguration, the head of state highlighted that this building has great significance because it is part of the country's history. "That simply does not fit in a country of artificial intelligence," he added.