The Ministry of Education estimated that only a million of the two million public school children will be able to return to classes today. Schools were used as shelters and while many refugees have left the shelters, some shelters will need lots of work to be back into condition to receive the children. Several blackboards were used as beds by the refugees. The Ministry says that efforts are being made to relocate the refugees so that classes in public schools can start as soon as possible. Approximately two million students in private schools and universities went back to school on Monday. The number of persons in government shelters is rapidly declining as the government distributes construction materials for the repair of homes that is purchased locally and donated from abroad and by organizations in the DR.
