The Dominican Teacher’s Association (ADP) has complained about the lack of schools, pointing out that in many cases teachers have to teach as many as 78 kids in a classroom. Maria Teresa Cabrera, the head of the association, reports that the school system only has 5,417 buildings housing 11,000 schools. (In the Dominican Republic, a school building will typically use one name for morning classes, another for afternoon classes and yet another for evening classes). According to a report in Hoy newspaper, there are just 31,000 schoolrooms in the country, and 16,135 of these schoolrooms house 1,259,000 children. The teachers’ leader told reporters that while every government builds schools, they are not building enough for the school-age population. Ideally, the teachers would like to see no more than 30 or 35 students per classroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Dominican Teacher’s Association (ADP) has complained about the lack of schools, pointing out that in many cases teachers have to teach as many as 78 kids in a classroom. Maria Teresa Cabrera, the head of the association, reports that the school system only has 5,417 buildings housing 11,000 schools. (In the Dominican Republic, a … <\/p>\n