The Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP)showed his dissatisfaction with President Luis Abinader’s accountability speech, referring to the advances in education.
In the same way, they described as a “mockery” the statements of the president in relation to that no boy or girl is left out of the classrooms in the current school year, where to date, alleging that overcrowding in the classrooms still persists, making learning difficult of students and the teacher’s workload is greater.
“One of the biggest problems in public education is the lack of classrooms produced by the reduced spaces in educational centers nationwide, making it difficult for students to achieve the expected learning,” reaffirmed the ADP.
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They indicated that the deficit of classrooms exceeds 10 thousand and that the school constructions carried out in the past two years They do not even cover 10% of that deficit. as well as, the school infrastructure and basic inputs for its performance are in crisis.
The union, which brings together more than 120 teachers, questioned the president by saying that the School Feeding Program be a high-impact social program, alleging that the food quality is highly questionable and of little nutritional content.
“There are many families who prefer to bring their children lunch to school, than allow them to eat the macita, pan de agua or the box of water with dairy, which is provided at school breakfast. despite the constant alerts by teachers, generating negative results in the health of students, ”said the teachers’ union.
Meanwhile, the union questioned the poor configuration of the electronic devices, alerting that most of them are damaged, and since their delivery they did not work, generating millions in losses, in the same way the non-existence of a control and monitoring system for the use of devices that do not only students use it.
