Overview
- The Ministry of Education reaffirmed that any teacher with an active preventive separation under Article 44 cannot enter classrooms or have contact with students and must perform only administrative duties while investigations proceed.
- Minedu said it is using the Módulo PAD to flag barred teachers and the SIMEX database to track case outcomes and historical dismissals, with SIMEX recording 3,347 dismissals for sexual‑freedom offenses from 2014 through September 14, 2026.
- Officials reported 432 pending teacher investigations carried over from previous administrations, including 143 cases with disciplinary procedures started, nine with final reports awaiting resolution, and more than 300 still at intake.
- The ministry has allocated funds for Regional Education Directorates to hire specialists to accelerate investigations and warned school directors they must order preventive separations within 24 hours and notify the National Police and the Public Ministry or face administrative or criminal liability.
- Parents and students face immediate protection benefits from the measures but the backlog and gaps such as the lack of routine psychological re‑evaluations of staff mean the government must sustain oversight to prevent accused teachers from returning to classrooms before cases conclude.