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Teachers in Mexico on a riot on Wednesday. They are at changes to their jobs made by the government. Hundreds of angry teachers attacked the offices of political in Mexico's south-western Guerrero state. They broke windows, fire to offices and sprayed on the walls. Thousands more rioters who are angry with the government the teachers in the streets. The state governor sent hundreds of police officers to the local government building. The police could not stop the , so mayor Mario Moreno asked for government support to the situation. He told a local TV news station: "We do not have the ability to a mob of 4,000 or 5,000 people."

The teachers are angry at changes that would power away from their unions. Mexico's government wants more control over the of teachers and who becomes a teacher. Teaching unions assess the quality of education in schools. The government wants to do this , to make sure all schools have standards. They want teachers to pass tests to get jobs or get . The government also wants to end the of buying and selling teaching jobs. Some teachers in Mexico give their position to a when they retire or quit. The biggest teaching unions are worried that many teachers will their jobs. They also fear that the government wants to every school.

 


 
 

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