Santo Domingo. – The president Luis Abinader Headed on Thursday the session of the Monitoring commission at the beginning of the school yearwhere it was reported that in an unprecedented fact, more than 124,000 teachers They are receiving training in the Steam approach (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), trained with the support of 8 thousand technicians and pedagogical leaders throughout the country.
This training process promoted by the Government Its objective is to promote innovative and interdisciplinary learning from the classrooms To prepare students with the competencies that the country needs.
During the meeting, held at the Ercilia Pepín room of the Ministry of Education (MINERD), took the balance of the advances made in preparations for the return to classes, scheduled for August 25.
At the end of the meeting, President Abinader said Initial education in the country has strengthened and responds to a planning started in 2022when the Ministry of Education designed a strategic plan to expand coverage at this level.
In that sense, he explained that as of 2022, new specialized classrooms were already enabled already training teachers with adequate profiles to serve children from the age of three. This planning has allowed, for the New school yearhundreds of classrooms are ready and equipped, guaranteeing safe, stimulating and appropriate environments for early development.
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The Head of State said that during his management the number of children in initial education has been tripled, which described as a “great success” for the national education system.
The ruler explained that this advance has been complemented by the creation of more than 80 new children’s stays through the National Institute for Comprehensive Early Childhood (INAIPI), which has allowed to expand educational coverage from the first months of life to five years. Although he acknowledged that this coverage coincides in part with what establishes the General Education Law which provides schooling from three years and that the importance had not been given. “Education from the age of three is not an occurrence. It is in the law, and now we are guaranteeing that it is fulfilled,” he emphasized.
The president indicated that the objective is to guarantee access to early education for all children. In addition, he stressed that these initiatives also allow many mothers to join the labor market, having a safe and formative space for their children.
Progress is made in preparations for the start of the school year
On his side, the Minister of Education Luis Miguel de Camps, He stressed that the works have focused on four key axes: Infrastructure and quotas, teaching and administrative staff, student well -being, and providing educational materials.
“We are working on these four fronts to guarantee not only a successful start of the successful school year but a whole successful school year. At this time a mass training day develops through which we are strengthening the training of teachers in Steam and emphasizing teacher training for an impact on educational quality,” said the minister, while making a call to mothers, fathers and tutors to send their children from the first day of classes. “
On his side, the director of the National Student Welfare Institute (INABIE), Víctor Castro, reported the distribution of uniforms, footwear and school kits. In turn, seats, books and computers have been delivered, including previously recovered and stored materials.
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More than 1,200 new classrooms and 302 mobiles to guarantee spaces
While, the Director of School Maintenance and Infrastructure, Roberto Herrera explained that through Plan 24-7 for the expansion of coverage, he promised to deliver at least 1,100 classrooms, but the goal has already been exceeded with 1,265 new classrooms for this cycle. To this are added 302 mobile classrooms, which will be installed before the start of the school year, and another 275 planned for September and October, with the capacity to receive up to 40 students each.
In addition, spaces of lease and other mechanisms have been enabled to guarantee the coverage of quotas, especially in high demand areas.
Extended school day expands adding 36 new centers
Herrera said that this year 36 additional centers will be integrated into the extended school day, reaffirming the government’s commitment to an integral, accessible and equitable education.
They were present, the Minister of the Presidency, José Ignacio Beicho; Vice Ministers of Education of Technical and Pedagogical Affairs, Ancell Scheker; of supervision and control of educational quality, Óscar Amargós; of accreditation and teaching certification, Francisco de Oilo; of educational planning and development, Rolando Reyes and Directors of the MINERD.
