The Minister of Education, Roberto Fulcar, yesterday led the act of the first pierce for the construction of two daycare centers in the Cristo Rey sector of the National District.
The project includes the construction of the Estancia Infantil Cristo Rey I and Estancia Infantil Cristo Rey II, where each one will offer services for 250 infants, aged from one month old to four years old; They will also have education, food and nursing services throughout the day, totally free.
During the act, Fulcar highlighted the boys and girls of the popular sector of the capital, pointing out that he fights for them, “because every time we plant a school, we are saving money from prisons.”
“The more education and better education we have, the less delinquency we will have, less crime, less domestic violence, less aggression; The more and better education we have, the more opportunities we give our boys and girls, our young people and adolescents to succeed in life,” the official pointed out.
He also explained that the two children’s stays are for boys and girls to see their right to education materialized and to build their future.
On his side, Dr. Félix A. Cruz Jiminián praised the effort of the Government headed by President Luis Abinader for taking Christ the King into account on several occasions. Similarly, he justified the need for the sector to have children’s enclosures due to absenteeism in the home of some parents due to the work commitment they assume.
In addition to the official and Cruz Jiminián, the act was attended by Yanira Torres, deputy director of INAIPI; Fernando Taveras, General Director of School Infrastructure Maintenance; Sister Luis Harán, representative of the Catholic Church of the District Board; Father Luis Hernández, from the San Pablo Apóstol de Cristo Rey Parish; Deputy Jesús Ogando, among others.
Cost and structure of stays
The initial economic investment of the project will cost thirty-two million, eight hundred and twenty-five thousand, nine hundred and forty-four pesos (RD$32,825,944.46).
According to the information provided to this medium, with the update of prices under the protection of Law 118-2021, plus the investment to improve the quality of the acquired land, the economic investment could be around 60 million pesos.
The works will create numerous jobs during the construction process and when the rooms are in operation.
The physical plants of the rooms will be made up of 10 classrooms, an administrative area, an area for infants, an area for special care, a central patio with children’s games, a multipurpose dining room, a kitchen, an orchard, warehouses and parking lots.
Citizen Chairs
Roberto Fulcar announced that the 55 citizen chairs taught by the Ministry of Education are part of the agreement he made with the Constitutional Court in November 2020, which establishes the creation of the “Constitution Chair” within the program taught at all pre-university levels. of the Dominican Republic: initial, primary and secondary.
Fulcar points out this is taught in schools
Roberto Fulcar stated that this entity launched 55 citizen chairs, where each one records a content of the Constitution involved in the matter. The information is in reaction to the remarks of the president of the TC, Milton Ray Guevara, who indicated last Tuesday that article 63, number 13 of the Magna Carta, on the compulsory teaching of the Constitution in schools, must be complied with.
