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07-23-2008, 04:00 PM
President Leonel Fernandez has instructed the Ministry of Education and the head of the National Housing Institute (INVI) to identify the families of students that received awards yesterday who live in extreme poverty and to build them new houses. This announcement was made during an awards ceremony for 193 meritorious students from all over the country. The top student, Yanna Mariel Polonia from La Vega, carried a 99.5 average throughout her four years of high school. Nataly Gonzalez from Monte Plata carried a 98.51 average; Alejandro Vasquez had a 97.57 average and Scarlet Vanessa Garcia Caro scored a 97.08 average.
During the ceremony, held at the Independence Hall at the Ministry of Armed Forces, the President declared that although he said last Thursday that no new constructions were to be initiated as part of his 2008 Austerity Program, he could not remain indifferent after seeing that many of the outstanding students lived in sub-standard conditions. He cited the case of Jose Lucia Beriguete from San Juan de la Maguana who amassed a 95.48 average while working on farms. Fernandez said "If, in the middle of so many limitations, they have become such excellent students, I wonder what will happen when they have a house with decent conditions, with the possibilities to think and study... We are nurturing future Nobel Prize winners!" Fernandez was accompanied by his wife Margarita Cedeno and the Ministers of Education and Higher Education and Technology Alejandrina German and Ligia Amada Melo.
Each student received a computer, most of which were donated by the Ministry of Education and the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel).
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During the ceremony, held at the Independence Hall at the Ministry of Armed Forces, the President declared that although he said last Thursday that no new constructions were to be initiated as part of his 2008 Austerity Program, he could not remain indifferent after seeing that many of the outstanding students lived in sub-standard conditions. He cited the case of Jose Lucia Beriguete from San Juan de la Maguana who amassed a 95.48 average while working on farms. Fernandez said "If, in the middle of so many limitations, they have become such excellent students, I wonder what will happen when they have a house with decent conditions, with the possibilities to think and study... We are nurturing future Nobel Prize winners!" Fernandez was accompanied by his wife Margarita Cedeno and the Ministers of Education and Higher Education and Technology Alejandrina German and Ligia Amada Melo.
Each student received a computer, most of which were donated by the Ministry of Education and the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel).
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)