Santo Domingo. – With the beginning of the National Day of Summer training for all teachers next Monday, August 5th, Ministry of Education (Minerd) will formally begin the activities of the 2024-2025 School Calendar, in view of the return to the classrooms of more of 2 million students in the public system pre-university on Monday 26th.
This was reported by the Vice Minister of Teacher Accreditation and Certification of Minerd, Francisco D’Óleo, who specified that this training is focused on the structural changes that the Dominican Republic’s curriculum has undergone to improve skills in three fundamental areas: writing, mathematics and science.
He recalled that, with the results of the 2022 Pisa Test, which precisely evaluates aspects of these curricular areas, the country experienced a significant qualitative leap. “The country began a higher transition of ascent in improving the quality of education,” he said.
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In addition, to provide each center with the corresponding teaching staff, D’Óleo reported that, through the results of the 2024 Targeted Teaching Opposition Competition, the teachers that the system requires for the upcoming school year to be successful were selected.
He reported that the Ministry of Education is currently in the process of appointing the teachers who passed the competition and who will be integrated into the pre-university education system starting on August 26 in the schools that require it.
“We guarantee significant and accelerated improvements in student learning in this new school year,” said the deputy minister.
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The Vice Minister stressed that the physical and digital textbooks developed within the framework of the Open Book project are already in all educational centers in the country so that students have the necessary teaching materials for the development of their learning.
“We hope that this year 2024-2025 will be the launching point for improving the quality of student learning, with the programs that are being developed,” said D’Óleo, referring to projects related to equipping educational centers with furniture, training teachers and technicians, and providing uniforms and school supplies.
