In one of the threads in this forum (the next ten years) we discuss in great lenght and detail the whys and what-have-you's of our educational shortcomings...I believe the following may be one of many ways we can work on to solve it:
There's no arguing that the miserable state of our educational system can be readily fixed in a relative short time by investing heavily into it. But,where would the $$ come from?
It will come in the form of a tax or surcharge on bank transactions or cash transmittals to the DR from every Dominican expat living in the US, Canada and the E U.
Our government can require that (banks and exchange houses) set aside one to five per cent out of every dollar or euro sent there. I don't know what the latest monthly $ transmittal figure is, but the amount can probably be huge. Maybe one of our statistically savvy DR1rs can post the answer.
This money will go exclusively to supply our schools and pay our teachers. This $$ can potentially be more than enough to better train teachers and build more schools. The school days can be lenghten from three or four hours as it is now, to six or more, provided that, we can also feed our children a nutritious lunch.
Few of us DR expats will miss the few cents contributed to this noble cause, much less, get upset about it. I hope Leonel is reading up on this forum and explore this untapped source of energy to grow the seed of knowledge.
There's no arguing that the miserable state of our educational system can be readily fixed in a relative short time by investing heavily into it. But,where would the $$ come from?
It will come in the form of a tax or surcharge on bank transactions or cash transmittals to the DR from every Dominican expat living in the US, Canada and the E U.
Our government can require that (banks and exchange houses) set aside one to five per cent out of every dollar or euro sent there. I don't know what the latest monthly $ transmittal figure is, but the amount can probably be huge. Maybe one of our statistically savvy DR1rs can post the answer.
This money will go exclusively to supply our schools and pay our teachers. This $$ can potentially be more than enough to better train teachers and build more schools. The school days can be lenghten from three or four hours as it is now, to six or more, provided that, we can also feed our children a nutritious lunch.
Few of us DR expats will miss the few cents contributed to this noble cause, much less, get upset about it. I hope Leonel is reading up on this forum and explore this untapped source of energy to grow the seed of knowledge.
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