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12-03-2009, 12:50 PM
Building more classrooms lags behind what was planned because the government has failed to disburse money that had been budgeted for construction in 2009, according to Listin Diario. Francisco Gonzalez, director of school infrastructure said that his department had estimated classroom construction and repair needs at RD$15.5 billion. Acknowledging budgetary problems, the Ministry of Education submitted a RD$7 billion budget in 2009 for that chapter. But the reality has been very different. The Fernandez government has only disbursed RD$2.5 billion in funds. Gonzalez is optimistic that the government will come through with the budgeted RD$7 billion this year. He said that President Fernandez ordered the Ministry of Education accounts to be protected.
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