The President Luis Abinader yesterday inaugurated the extension of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) in Hato Mayor, which was built with an investment of RD$872 million; In addition, 723 property titles were delivered in Nisibón, La Altagracia.
In Hato Mayor, the president handed over the University City of the UASD. He said that he is turning that center of studies into a true national institution and that the fact that in that extension There are 2,600 young people registered It is something transformative, and that is why you will always look for resources to support it.
He announced that the tender for the extension of the UASD in Santo Domingo Este has already been awarded, which is estimated to receive 20,000 students from that area.
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“And that is part of our plan to have a higher education institute no more than 40,000 kilometers from where people live, and we have done and designed that throughout the country, and we still have many other projects to carry out,” he said.
Editrudis Beltran, The rector of the UASD, praised the support and said that “in line with the revolution that we are carrying out with this expansion plan, I want to inform you that on September 3 we will be presenting 94 study plans for our careers, updated with a focus on competencies, of which 20 correspond to new careers that have been designed in areas of science in a concept associated with engineering and technology called Stem careers.”
Carlos BonillaMinister of Housing and Construction, said that this center, built with an investment of RD$872 million, will provide the higher education system with 58 new classrooms, in its 23,241 square meters with 14,097 square meters of construction, with teaching buildings with capacity for 2,200 students.
Then in Nisibón, La Altagracia province, President Abinader delivered 723 property titles for the benefit of residents in Batey Las Guamas, Buenos Aires, Centro del Pueblo, El Peñón, La Gallera, La Laguna, Las Minas, Los Callejones, Suizo and Yonú Abajo, among others.
He said that with that kind of actions 6,800 people will experience a safer and more promising life horizon, “and that is what we seek, that is what we pursue and that is why the government invests to obtain these titles to give them to you.”
The president, together with the Minister of the Presidency, José Ignacio Paliza, and the Vice Minister, Camel Curi, delivered two housing projects in Boca Chica, one of which includes 320 apartments from the Happy Family National Housing Plan.
The homes are distributed in two residential areas, the Boca Residence, with 144 apartments in the Cayacoa sector, built with an investment of RD$149 million, and the VP Residential, with 176 apartments at the entrance to the Pan-American Village, built with an investment of RD$147 million.
