El Nacional newspaper reported in its Sunday issue that only 16 of 325 public schools in San Cristóbal have bathrooms. Most of the children go to the bathroom in the bushes, according to the report. Some 134,125 students are enrolled in public schools in that southern province. Only six of the schools have libraries, and only nine have potable water installations. The data is part of a report, Diagnóstico de la Situación de la Educación en la Provincia de San Cristóbal, prepared by the provincial bureau of the Dominican Association of Professors. Of the 325 schools, 14 have computer learning facilities. 1,400 professors are employed at the public schools.
