President Danilo Medina has opened 148 more classrooms in 10 state schools in Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris) province for 5,180 students who will now benefit from the new full day school program.
The schools are Padre Brea, Vicente Aquilino Duarte Polytechnic, Nuestra Senora de Las Mercedes, Olegario Brea Tenares, Teofilo Ovalle Duran and Julia Herrera.
Also Ercilio Garcia Bencosme and Ana Celeste Fernandez primary schools, and the Antonio Serrano Florimon and Monsenor Francisco Panal high schools.
All have science and IT laboratories, libraries, administration offices, sports facilities and kitchens and dining rooms.
During the inaugural event that took place yesterday, Tuesday 6 May, Monsignor Fausto Mejia Vallejo, Bishop of the diocese of San Francisco de Macoris blessed the new installations, and speeches were also made by the Minister of Education, Carlos Amarante Baret, the director of the Office of Supervisory Engineers for State Works, Miguel Pimentel Kareh, a principal, Victoria Altagracia Martinez Ferreira and an eighth grade pupil Dariel Miranda Garcia
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