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The writing makes a historical and situational tour of the educational reality in Panama, with reference to the training of the Panamanian teacher; on the occasion of the recent proposal for the creation of the Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Pedagogical University, at the initiative of the Legislative Branch.
A historical tour is carried out, from before the beginning of the republic in 1903, mentioning that there were already teacher training institutions in the Panamanian territory, preceding the creation of the Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Normal School and other normal schools later.
In the transit of the Normal School of Santiago it has been transformed intermittently, with the intention of adapting to the requirements of the time and national and international agreements in the field of teacher training. That as of 1996, the Juan Demóstenes Normal School stopped graduating Primary School Teachers and since 1999, began its ascent to the top of signing an agreement with the University of Panama and the recognition of studies carried out in what is now the Juan D. .Arosemena.
Among the final considerations, the implication and possible effects that the creation of a University of Pedagogical Sciences would have and some inaccuracies that are commented in the exercise of this action by the Legislative Oregano are left.