The Minister of Education, Roberto Fulcar, invited in an event organized by the Association of Private Educational Institutions (AINEP) the entire private educational sector to join the construction of the new educational model Education for “Living Better”.
Roberto Fulcar proposed setting up a dialogue table operated from the General Directorate of Private Educational Centers, directed by Professor Susana Michel, to build a space to definitively overcome historical disagreements between the Ministry of Education and the organizations that bring together private educational centers.
From this space, aspects of mutual interest would also be coordinated, such as the schedules of the contests and the designation of positions to avoid the traumas of teacher migration with the current school year.
Likewise, promote training spaces for the directors of their educational centers to apply this “Education for Better Living” model, find the most appropriate formulas so that, especially those private educational centers in more vulnerable contexts, they can also access the materials or technology with economic schemes that allow taking care of public resources and, at the same time, bring efficiency to the private educational sector.
“You have been there when the public educational offer had not yet reached multiple locations in the country and sectors. Even today, with more than 2,700 centers throughout the country, they serve more than 487 thousand students. Private education in the Republic not only serves the highest income sectors, it also plays an important social role in the middle and lower middle sectors”recognized the Minister.
“The value of private education for the country is such that, if it were to disappear from one moment to another, the volume of students it serves would cause the public system to collapse,” said Roberto Fulcar.
The Minister of Education made the statement during the keynote address “Challenges and Challenges of Education in the Dominican Republic in the new context of the post-pandemic”, given during the second AINEP Breakfast for Dominican education, held this Wednesday at the Embassy Suite hotel by Hilton in the city of Santo Domingo, with the participation of almost 200 participants.
During his presentation, Roberto Fulcar He also reviewed the challenges that the country faced in education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Dominican Republic becoming a benchmark after the implementation of the distance modality, establishing at the same time, ensuring that Dominican teaching not be interrupted and prevent the collapse of education.
“The coronavirus pandemic transformed everything, it changed the economy, education, culture, life and, due to the fact that digital, social, electricity, connectivity, technological gaps, gaps in In terms of education and permanent training of the teaching profession, the Ministry of Education had to make decisions so as not to generate new gaps,” he specified.
Giving the words of welcome, Jorge Luis Peláez, raised the objectives of the AINEP in promoting a reflective debate where the different protagonists and referents in the field of education converge, so that our country continues to forge its future from the knowledge, the values and coexistence in peace.
They were present, among others, the directive of the AINEP, headed by Jorge Luis Peláez; Víctor Martínez, Vice President; Amparo Cabrera, second vice president; Hilda Álvarez, first Secretary; Hilda Karina Abreu, second secretary; María Lourdes Bobadilla, treasurer; Dolores Sánchez, first member; Alexandra Martino, second member, and Mary Francis Benzo, third member.
Also Jacqueline Malagón, former Secretary of State for Education; representatives of the Dominican Union of Private Educational Institutions (UDIEP), as well as the National Council of Education, deputy ministers and regional and district directors of MINERD.
What entities Sponsors included the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic, Claro, Sample, Banreservas, Domex, Piensa, CEF-Santo Domingo, Intec, Unphu, Fundación Propagas, Laboratorio Amadita, CEPEM, Grupo Mentora / Progrentis.
