With the announcement by President-elect Luis Abinader that Roberto Fulcar will be the next Education Minister, the focus is on when and how will the school year resume. Education Minister Antonio Peña Mirabal has set the start of the school year for 24 August 2020. This would be a combination of alternate days at school and online classes.
But the Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP) says the conditions are not there for that plan to go forward.
Father Manuel Ruiz, who is the director of a Catholic vocational public-private school, Movearte, proposes that schools reopen in January 2021 for a school year through October-November. He proposes that the government take this as an opportunity to overhaul the education system. Ruiz says Dominican students have tested poorly with the traditional learning programs in place. He says better ways can be found...
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