Panamanian Ambassador Emanuel Gonzalez Revilla has represented his home country to the United States since 2014. Dedicated to improving education and employment in Panama, Ambassador Emanuel Gonzalez Revilla remains active in the Panama Bilingual program created by Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela.
The Panama Bilingual Program responds to the need to provide Panamanians with English language skills in order to increase their job opportunities and make the country more competitive. Under the guidance of Secretary Marcela Paredes in the Ministry of Education, the program aims to provide bilingual education training to 2,000 teachers each year and prepare 30,000 elementary students and 20,000 high school students. According to President Varela, the Panama Bilingual program will ultimately reach 25,000 teachers, 160,000 elementary school students, and 100,000 students in middle and high school.
The program consists of three areas: Teacher Training, the After School Program, and Kids. As part of the Teacher Training component, some teachers spend six months abroad at prestigious universities in English-speaking countries, where they study English and new pedagogical methods for teaching English before returning to Panama to participate in Mixed Teacher training.
