Ministry of Education and the State Radio and Television Corporation (CERTV) signed an agreement to dedicate the TV Channel 17 frequency exclusively to educational programming, announced Ellis Perez, president of the CERTV board. The Ministry’s radio and television education division will be in charge of the programming.
The announcement was made on occasion of commemorating the 65th anniversary of the start of television in the Dominican Republic.
The agreement was signed by Education Minister Andrés Navarro and the director of CERTV, Ramon Tejada Read in the presence of the Communications director for the Presidency, Roberto Rodríguez Marchena.
Navarro said the Ministry will be investing RD$105 million in the project that includes the setting up of installations for educational radio and television, production of educational audiovisuals and the hiring of international programming.
3 August 2017
