More than 250 educational centers publics will be intervened with days of corrective maintenance during the December holidays, as part of the new program “Christmas in the Classrooms 24/7“, driven by the School Infrastructure Directorate (DIE) of Ministry of Education (Minerd). The projected investment is RD$300 million.
The operation, which is part of the national strategy renovation “24/7 maintenance”contemplate electrical repairsplumbing, painting, waterproofing, placement of asphalt canvas and general adjustments in schools throughout the country.
The work is carried out while students and teachers are away for the holidays, with the aim of the schools reopening in January in optimal conditions.
“Our goal is to impact more than 250 centers throughout the national territory, with intensive work to guarantee safe environmentsfunctional and aesthetic,” explained the director of School Infrastructure, Roberto Herrera.
- The official added that the program includes the intervention of more than a thousand classrooms and that, in the last eight months, more than 800 campuses at the national level. At the same time, construction works are progressing to achieve the goal of 2,000 new classrooms before the end of 2025.
To guarantee the simultaneous execution of the works, DIE incorporated 50 vehicles of service, zonal, regional and provincial personnel, in addition to more than 4,200 workers on extended hours during the holidays. Also projected are more than 55,000 square meters of paint applied.
Local and community support
The launch of the program took place in San Vicente Educational Center of Paul, in The Mina, Santo Domingo East. Participating in the event were Mayor Dio AstacioGovernor Lucrecia Santana Leyba, representatives of Minerd, directors of parent and community associations.
Astacio valued the initiative as a positive action to ensure that the 2026 school year begins with classrooms in decent conditions.
Key Plan Information
- Estimated investment: RD$300 million
- Centers intervened: 250
- Deployed collaborators: 4,200
- Projected meters of paint: 55,000 m²
- New integrated vehicles: 50 units
This plan seeks to raise the standards of school infrastructure with a focus on accelerated executiontaking advantage of the academic break to intervene without affecting teaching.
The institutional goal, according to Herrera, is clear: “that the more than two million students and more than 100 thousand teachers in the public system find their classrooms in decent conditions and ready to teach and learn.
