NewzCatalan President Salvador Illa has dismissed the second-in-command of the regional Department of Education following an administrative error that resulted in Catalonia's exclusion from the latest PISA report. Additionally, the regional government has opened disciplinary proceedings against three employees involved in the oversight of the testing process.
Education Minister Esther Niubó attributed the failure to the coordinators of the OECD assessments, stating that they did not meet the professional responsibilities required for the task. The incident has prompted a restructuring of personnel within the department to address the lapse in coordination.
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