School of deaf-mutes in risk of disappearing

The national school of deaf-mutes is about to disappear, due to the economic difficulties facing the institution due to lack of budget.

Educational institution composed of eleven wards which were attended by about 1,600 deaf students across the country, receives many years State a grant of RD$ 300 thousand per month, that is it has not increased despite the fact that what they have been requested on several occasions at the Ministry of education.

In view of which has not been possible to achieve an increase in the subsidy they receive from the State, the school administration has been forced to implement increases in the monthly fee paid by students, ranging from RD$ 300 up to RD$ 1, 000. These funds are used to cover the transport of students

"Something must be done because if the school will not disappear", stated the academic Director of the school for 18 years, Jeannette Francisco, between sobbing while u000aHe narrated LISTÍN DIARIO the economic difficulties facing the educational center located in avenida 27 de Febrero number 251, between streets Barahona and Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal.

Said that school has children "with the full school year" without pay, by which these contributions already fail or to cover the costs of transport, as provided for in the philosophy of the school. "We have a guagua, the largest that we have, which every two days spent RD$ 7,500 of fuel", said the Director.

To refer to the expenses of the Center, argued that the payroll exceeds the RD$ 500,000 per month, when the grant is scarcely RD$ 300, 000.

Increase rate to the students
of agreement communicated Envoy to parents, from this month pupils who pay one monthly fee lower than the RD$ 700 will have a rate of RD$ 1,000, while those who have monthly payments between RD$ 700 and RD$ 1,100 must u000apay the sum of RD$ 1,500 per month.

Also, students who have been paying monthly fees of RD$ 1,200 to RD$ 1,400, the new rate will be Rd $1,850, and those who have rates of RD$ 1,500 from this month will make payments of RD$ 2,250; while of RD$ 2,000 will pay RD$ 3,000, and monthly payments of RD$ 3,000 will come to RD$ 4, 000.

Philosophy of the life of the school is that parents provide for the transport of students according to their economic possibilities, and according to its academic Director, the majority of parents have rates below the RD$ 700 monthly.

The school has 480 students of initial, basic levels and media, on the campus of the National District, and about 1,200 in the towns of provinces.

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