Eduardo Hidalgo / Diario Libre
The Dominican Public Teachers Association (ADP) has vehemently protested the government’s recent proposition to merge the Ministry of Education (MINERD) with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCYT), labeling it a direct attack on the 4% of the national budget allocated to education.
Eduardo Hidalgo, president of the ADP, asserted that the merger is nothing more than a ploy to divert funds away from the public education budget. “The merger of MINERD and MESCYT is a blatant assault on the 4% education fund, which will further aggravate the severe crisis facing Dominican education,” Hidalgo stated. He argued that the government’s inability to effectively address the specific needs of the education sector has led to this ill-advised decision.
Hidalgo emphasized that the government has failed to provide any concrete...
Continue reading...
Last edited by a moderator:
