The Minister of Public Administration, Sigmund Freundsaid Tuesday that the bill which seeks to merger the ministries of pre -university education and higher education will be subject to Congress during the legislature that begins on August 16.
During your participation in the Business forum 2025 On “Government Management: Challenges, Objectives and Goals”, Freund recalled that last week the law that integrates the Ministries of Finance and Economics was promulgated, and that the merger between the Supérate program and the Administrator of Social Subsidies (ADESS) was already executed.
Regarding the project, teachers from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), grouped in the “Thought and Development” collective, expressed their RI throw the possible integration of the entities responsible for education in the country.
Rejection from the academy
In a press conference headed by the Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Antonio Ciriaco Cruz, the group said that the merger could give way to an educational system with “autocratic guidelines”.
“The future Minister of Education would have a excessive powerwhile the authority of the National Council of Education (CNE) would be reduced, which would become a merely advisory and auditing body, “they warned in a statement.
They also pointed out that the proposal represents “a dangerous precedent“, When pretending to assign the Minister of Education Functions such as passing the curriculum, proving institutions of higher education, deciding on programs and preparing regulations, powers that currently correspond to the CNE according to Law 66-97.
The group also considered that the initiative would attempt against the university autonomywould affect professional training and reduce the budget for higher education.
“With the approval of a law of this nature, 4 % of GDP Assigned to school education would also serve to finance the system of Higher Education Institutions (IES), which would negatively impact the quality of citizen and professional training. In addition, there would be a substantial decrease in investment for research, scientific and technological innovation, “they said.
