The Minister of Education Carlos Amarante Baret announced yesterday, Wednesday 1 October 2014 that the Ministry will fund the formation of 300 student bands in public schools around the country this year, as reported in Listin Diario. Stressing that artistic training is important to students’ integrated development, Minister Amarante declared: “The boring school days of the past are no more!”
Amarante Baret was speaking during the launch of the 39th School Song Month at the Ministry of Education headquarters in Santo Domingo. He said that students who graduate from the educational system should also be trained to serve their family and their country, with an awareness of their roles in the society, to which they have to help bring changes, in addition to training in mathematics, chemistry, physics, language, history and music. This year’s School Month Is dedicated to Father Cesar Hilario, a major contributor to choral music thoughout the country.