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27 August 2026
25.1% of all public students are Haitian students Dominican taxpayers have picked up the tab to educate Haitians. A report in El Nacional reveals that at the start of the 2026-2027 school year, 25.1% of those registered in public schools were Haitian children.
There are 205,369 Haitian students registered in Dominican public schools.
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