MEXICAN Education Secretary Aurelio Nuno pledged on Wednesday to revise pernicious teacher evaluation tests that have sparked months of strikes.

But he refused to meet with teachers’ union CNTE, which is leading the strikes, preferring to deal with the rival SNTE that is aligned with President Enrique Pena Nieto’s government.

“Last week, I welcomed the proposals brought to me by SNTE — 11 propositions that brought us to various negotiating tables … that would allow us to come to an important agreement regarding the education reform,” Mr Nuno said.