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Peru educational reform and administration

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Peru is implementing significant educational reforms and administrative changes. Following disappointing PISA 2025 results that indicated a decade-long decline in science, reading, and mathematics, President Keiko Fujimori launched the National Education Plan 2026-2031. This plan includes mandates for daily reading in schools, the construction or remodeling of 5,000 schools, and a shift in the national curriculum to focus on scientific history. The Ministry of Education also intends to reinstate teacher performance evaluations, which Minister José Antonio Chang characterized as “formative rather than punitive.” In conjunction with these broader reforms, the Ministry of Education rescheduled the national exam for the Public Magisterial Career promotion process from September 13 to October 25, 2026, citing “operational and logistical complications regarding service contracting.” The exam, involving over 162,000 teachers, offers opportunities for salary increases and professional advancement for successful candidates. Further details of the National Education Plan reveal the implementation of the National Teacher Excellence Program, which mandates performance evaluations for entry and advancement in the Public Magisterial Career (CPM), requiring a minimum score of 14 for entry. To address infrastructure deficits, the administration pledged to build 2,000 new schools and modernize 3,000 existing ones, noting that only 30% of state schools currently possess basic services like water and electricity. The plan also introduces a controversial curricular reform. Minister Chang announced the removal of ideological interpretations from history lessons, specifically stating that the period of violence between 1980 and 2000 will be taught as “terrorism” rather than a “civil war.” The reform will also introduce new content in civic education, values, English, and financial literacy.

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