Santo Domingo.- Teachers and leaders of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) rejected the proposed merger between the Ministry of Education (Minerd) and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Mescyt) during a Civic Parade held in Parque Independencia, in the National District.
The teachers responded to the call of the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP), which brings together an entity that considers it absurd to merge two ministries that fulfill different functions in society.
With banners and slogans opposing the merger of educational ministries, hundreds of teachers wearing blue clothing demonstrated in front of Puerta del Conde, in Parque Independencia.
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The magisterial current Eugenio María de Hostoswhich brings together the member teachers and leaders of the PLDactively participated in the Civic Parade, along with members of other currents and university professors.
The teachers chanted slogans such as “We don’t want fusion” and “Out with the Minerd-Mescyt merger”, which they also displayed on the signs they carried and presented to motorists and passers-by.
The Dominican Liberation Party through education table has expressed its open rejection of the project that seeks to merge the educational ministries.
