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The teachers’ complaints under analysis
On the sidelines of the teachers’ strike, several specialists, including our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, analyzed in El Comercio the main orders of the teachers’ union to the goverment. Regarding the repeal of the teacher reform law, Hugo says: “Just as we advocate for better teachers’ salaries, we have to advocate for the profession standards to rise. Meritocracy is the […]
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Santiago Cueto and the impact of the teachers strike in Peruvian student’s achievement
“The time students spend engaged in pedagogical tasks is linked to their levels of achievement later”. América Televisión highlights our Research Director, Santiago Cueto‘s thoughts on the impact of the teachers strike in the education of Peruvian children.
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Teachers strike: a greater fiscal deficit hampers an increase of salaries. Hugo Ñopo shares his thoughts
“What we should be asking to ourselves is what teaching profession do we want for our middle-income country which aspires to be a member of a select circle of countries like the OECD”, said Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, with emphasis on teaching inequality with respect to other Peruvian professionals. Semana Económica gathered Hugo’s thoughts on the sidelines of the […]
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Hugo Ñopo: Law should have been applied from the beginning
“A better education for Peruvians will not be possible without greater tax collection. A bigger budget for the sector relies on it. Citizens must tax and abandon informality” said Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, in Perú. 21 newspaper, regarding the recent teacher’s strike in Peru.
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Six in 10 private schools are low-cost and mostly of subsistence
What is the situation of private education in Peru? The newspaper Gestión highlighted some of the topics discussed in the presentation of the study by our senior researchers, María Balarin and Hugo Ñopo, on the functioning of the market of educational services in our country [Video and wrap-up of the presentation here].
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Hugo Ñopo shares his thoughts on the drivers behind the teacher’s strike
According to our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, the teacher’s strike shows a process of decentralization that has been halfway addressed in Peru: “We are in the worst of two worlds. There are certain decentralized duties, but not enough, and when a coordinated decision is needed, this become impossible”. The article is from El Comercio.
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What should a firm do to advance in gender equity? Hugo Ñopo shares his thoughts
“It is wrong to say that gender equity only benefits women. It benefits the whole economy, due for a country means greater productivity and labor placement, which can increase the growth of GDP by two points” , said our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, based on the results of a ranking on gender equity in Peruvian […]
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Álvaro Espinoza: “In Lima almost all the flood damage was caused by the illegal occupation of land”
“In Lima almost all the flood damage was caused by the illegal occupation of land”, said our Adjunct Researcher, Álvaro Espinoza, in an article published by the British newspaper The Guardian on the latest natural disasters and the high risk of housing building in vulnerable areas of our capital city.
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Is it feasible to increase the teacher salaries in the public sector? Hugo Ñopo shares his thoughts
Raising teacher salaries requires adding between 1 and 2 extra percentage points of GDP to 3.8% of the state budget currently allocated to education sector. This is the thought of Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, gathered by El Comercio. Hugo also pointed out that these salary increases should be linked to evaluation results in order […]
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Through screenshots, I learned
Despite the progress of technological modernization in the classroom, “[…] human essence, critical thinking and feelings will not dissapear”, said Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, in an article published by Somos magazine. According to Hugo, in addition, a key challenge in this scenario will be to improve the quality of teachers so that they “creatively face with multigrade teaching, diversity and bullying, […]
