However, when compared to other Latin American countries participating in SERCE, a smaller share of school principals in primary education are women (52.5%, SERCE average: 62.5%). In private urban schools, only 38.8% of primary school principals are women, the lowest proportion for Latin American countries participating in the survey (Murillo, 2012, Weinstein and Munoz, 2012a, Weinstein and Munoz, 2014). In public schools, school principals are subject to the Teacher’s Statute.