Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez alerted the country on the deficiencies of the educational system and urged an evaluation of the professors especially in the public system. The Cardinal alerted that if the country does not have centers that can form the men and men of the future for the nation’s well being, it will have to increase the number of cells in jails. Minister of Education Milagros Ortiz Bosch said that her department recently funded the Institute for the Formation of Teachers (Instituto de Formación Magisterial), created by the Law of Education 66-97 with RD$20 million. The Institute was created to hold courses to improve teaching ability and educational levels of professors already employed.
