A plan.. hope it will become true somewhere.
But it is not that easy.
The public schools have no money absolutely, and the educators there don?t speak English most of the cases. They have no money to hire new staff.
Many kids don?t even go to school, because of the fact that even public schools ( a few hours per day ) are too expensive.. uniforms, books, pencils..
I volunteer in 2 schools in Puerto Plata a few times a week, teaching English and also teaching/discussing any topics that come up,, in the hope to awake interests of the kids, in the hope to make them feel comfortable about themselves speaking in a group etc.
Many of those children, that ARE in the public school, even have siblings that for now cannot attend.
I see this plan as a good thought and a great intention, but the issue of schools needs to start from a complete other level..
The kids have photo copies instead of books, some have none, they have no pencils.. there are 1st graders learning to write by using water and a brush, writing on the black board!