The combination of these measures may increase not only formal employment, but also potential GDP growth as well.2 A second reform, approved in 2013, aims at improving the skills and commitment of teachers in public schools for all levels of pre-college education. The reform establishes new conditions for teachers to be hired, keep their jobs and become promoted.
In particular, admission to the field will be granted through competitive exams, thereby eliminating the practice of guaranteeing automatic job placements to graduates of public teaching schools, and the inheritance or sale of teaching positions. An independent institution will be in charge of evaluating teacher performance in order to keep a position.