4% Demand dominated the field of education in 2011

The struggle for 4% of the gross domestic product (GDP) for education, the removal of walls videoclip of the Ministry of education and withdrawal from the integrated texts of the educational system were the themes that dominated the field of education in the past year.

The designation Josefina Pimentel as Minister of education and the definitive closure of 12 private schools were also part of the main topics of the education sector during the 2011.

The positive aspects include the application of 15% increase to the base salary of teachers in the public sector, the delivery of dozens of new and refurbished schools and the adoption of a budget of RD$ 58,590 pre-college education for 2012.

Earlier this year the school breakfast was suspended for two months because of the constant poisoning affecting dozens of students of the standard basic.

However, cases decreased from 350 that took place in the u000a2009-2010 school year to less than 50 in 2011.

The new educational authorities expanded the menu of the program's school feeding with nutritious biscuits and modification of the formula for making the cake and bread.

Proceeds of the claim so that it meets 4% of GDP for education, 10 candidates for the Presidency of the Republic undertook to comply with the amount established in the General Education Act.

La Coalition education Digna maintained claim to 4% of GDP for education throughout the year and was supported by dozens of organizations who have joined the struggle for the enforcement of Act 66-97.

Management headed by the Minister Josefina Pimentel implemented the pilot wave extended teaching in 21 schools, and acknowledged that the country there is a deficit of 9,711 classrooms, which prompted complaints from various sectors of the society.

deepens crisis u000aof the SEMMA
the economic crisis by her crossed this year health insurance for teachers (Semma) and that authorities claim to have avoided, was one of the problems that most affect the national teachers.

The lid to the knob put the National Association of clinics and private hospitals (Andeclip) when in may suspended services to members of the ARS Semma for a debt that ascending entity to RD$ 350 million.

Teaching was affected on several occasions that dozens of public school teachers held work stoppages of work for the restoration of services of SEMMA.

Executive director of the ARS SEMMA, Alberto Fiallo Billini, announced in November that it was repaid the debt accumulated since 2008 who maintained that entity with providers of health services for a total of RD$ 384 million.

In May of this year, it was reported that about 400,000 children and adolescents were outside the u000aschools; While the public educational system has a deficit of 15 thousand classrooms.

LISTÍN DIARIO published a study that brought to light various spelling mistakes made by teachers.

During the 2011 educational community dismissed one of its most emblematic figures master Zoraida Heredia widow Suncar.

thousands graduate from high schools at least 15,000 new
professional graduated from different universities in the country this year, being the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) Academy who delivered the highest number of titles, with a total of 8,570. Also, the University of Caribbean provided 2,107 professionals, 1,043 inter-American, the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo 1,217, including 511 graduate, and Santo Domingo Catholic 686.

However, the financial crisis facing the UASD worsened this year and its authorities and students were all u000aclass of claims towards the Government allocate 5% of tax revenue, in order to resolve their estimated financial problems at RD$ 60 million per month.

A deficit of three thousand teachers, classrooms, equipped laboratories and the promotion of research are part of the main needs that operates the University of the State.

Students of the UASD marched for two hours from the headquarters of the Academy until the National Palace to demand the Government allocation of 30 million pesos to save during summer.

In response, the authorities arranged the temporary closure of the University dining room, leading to strong disturbances and the suspension of teaching on several occasions.

Other news of impact at the college level was the fact that the leader of the independent student movement of liberation (honey), Ambiorix Rosario, was winner of the Presidency of the Federation of students u000aDominicans (EDF), after its fourth attempt and 20 years of have been registered in the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD).

This year the Government reached 13,700 international national and 8,753 scholarship which has been given to Dominican students, for a total of RD$ 4,702 million during the year ended higher education was benefited with a supplementary budget of RD$ 400 million to the Ministry of higher education devoted to cover outstanding international fellowships and research projects

UASD: this year the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo gave the country more than 8 thousand new professionals who graduated from the central headquarters and centres regional.

15% Of the disposo Government aumento: an increase of 15% for employees and teachers of the UASD.

29 Years of founded: La Universidad Católica Santo Domingo (UCSD) invested 686 professionals at the 54 graduation u000aordinary which held in its 29-year-career.

UNEV: La Universidad National Evangelical (UNEV) graduated from 1,425 professionals of different races.

Higher education: A 15 degree courses concentrate 75% of the student body, being the top five, accounting, law, business administration, marketing and medicine

Scholarships: this year the Mescyt awarded 1,670 scholarships at the international level, figure that will be increased year incoming.

CURRICULAR redesign: the Ministry of higher education was immersed in the redesign curriculum for careers in education, engineering and nursing, in the search for the training of professional competitive

more than 31 thousand complete English
the Ministry of higher education graduated this year 5,746 University students who completed the program of English immersion for competitiveness, which added 31,882 the u000agraduates of this project.

The course that enters its eighth year is offered in 59 facilities of the main provinces of the country and annually helps about 10 thousand students University.

The Minister of higher education, Ligia Amada Melo, led the mass start in the French immersion programme to ensure that the young Dominicans interested in carrying out postgraduate studies at universities in France learn this language. The budget for higher education in the coming year will be increased in RD$ 1,400 million, of which 713 are aimed at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), and the rest to the Ministry of education, to strengthen programmes of research and scholarship.

The Ministry of higher education runs several programmes for the promotion of the teaching of languages such as English, Portuguese, French and Mandarin.

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