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Leonel emphasizes investment in the education of RD
posted on: Jan 14 2012 9:38 by RDugey. Viewed 17 times.
President Leonel Fernandez declared that in eight years, the Government has increased by 500 per cent investment in education.
At the same time he said that the gross domestic product of the Dominican Republic in the year 2004 was 20 billion dollars and in 2012 it will be 58 billion.
Said that Dominican students must train to take the entrance exams to universities, guaranteeing their admission in proper way in them. The President spoke in those terms after participating in the round table "quality and measurement of education: study of the PISA tests" in the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode).
The head of State, also proposed the creation of a Bank of test model, aimed at teachers and students so that they can apply their knowledge.
"In the case of PISA which seeks to measure is not knowledge, but the implementation of the" u000a"knowledge to the solution of problems", preció President Fernández.
He said that it is tradition in Dominican Republic and Latin America that tests countries or measurements are aimed at measuring knowledge.
"When our students are going for the first time to undergo the type of PISA test, these do not dominate the logic, structure and the narrative of this type of review is therefore Chronicle of a death foretold." "We know that they will not pass," indicated.
"The representative explained that measurements and tests are an industry in different parts of the world.""There are companies that are dedicated to developing models of how exams are taken".
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