NewsWhore
10-19-2009, 03:50 PM
President Leonel Fernandez announced that no more Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) branches would be built in the provinces. He made this declaration in Cotui, in Sanchez Ramirez province during a "town hall" meeting with local people. He said that with the advent of 21st century technology, the need for classrooms was diminishing and that soon the students would be carrying their studies around in their pockets. He added that in addition to the decreasing need for classrooms because of distance learning and on-line classes, there was a serious lack of qualified professors to staff UASD extensions across the provinces.
Fernandez was speaking during a Popular Consultation in Cotui and he praised the work done by the Eastern Cibao Technological Institute (Iteco) in training students for work in the present century. He said that the government would continue to support the institute and he said that scholarships would be offered to needy and deserving students. He also addressed the issues surrounding the to soon-to-be re-opened gold mine in Pueblo Viejo, and he said that he appreciated the requests from various quarters pressing for 5% of the mine's profits to be sent to the towns of Sanchez Ramirez province.
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Fernandez was speaking during a Popular Consultation in Cotui and he praised the work done by the Eastern Cibao Technological Institute (Iteco) in training students for work in the present century. He said that the government would continue to support the institute and he said that scholarships would be offered to needy and deserving students. He also addressed the issues surrounding the to soon-to-be re-opened gold mine in Pueblo Viejo, and he said that he appreciated the requests from various quarters pressing for 5% of the mine's profits to be sent to the towns of Sanchez Ramirez province.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)