NewsWhore
09-22-2009, 04:30 PM
Education Minister Melanio Paredes took the opportunity to turn a difficult situation into a positive one. Paredes, who used to be a math and science teacher, took off his business jacket, rolled up his sleeves, asked for chalk and began teaching science to students at the Victor Garrido Liceo in the Invi neighborhood. The Minister's lesson wasn't so much a stunt as a necessity, because there is a shortage of teachers in the Dominican school system.
As reported in Listin Diario, Paredes visited the school to personally verify the missing teachers problem had been resolved. When he got there, the math teacher had not arrived. So the minister filled in for him, to the delight of the sophomore students.
Students at the school have been fighting for their teachers, and the need is urgent as students at that school had yet to receive their first science class of the year. "We have to get the system in order," said Paredes.
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As reported in Listin Diario, Paredes visited the school to personally verify the missing teachers problem had been resolved. When he got there, the math teacher had not arrived. So the minister filled in for him, to the delight of the sophomore students.
Students at the school have been fighting for their teachers, and the need is urgent as students at that school had yet to receive their first science class of the year. "We have to get the system in order," said Paredes.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)