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08-17-2011, 04:10 PM
Some 2.7 million children will be going back to school today as the new academic year starts for public and private sector students for 2011-2012. An official ceremony to mark the new school year headed by President Leonel Fernandez and the Minister of Education, Josefina Pimentel, will take place at the Aragon Polytechnic School in Los Guaricanos, in Santo Domingo North.
The year opens with a demand by the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) for increased salaries and the threat of a strike by teachers in Barahona for the same reason.
Teachers and students have been led by three ministers of Education over the last seven years. The first turn belonged to Alejandrina German, who was removed from her post after spending more than four years on the job. She was replaced by Melanio Paredes, and now it is the turn of Josefina Pimentel, who was a deputy minister during the German term.
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The year opens with a demand by the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) for increased salaries and the threat of a strike by teachers in Barahona for the same reason.
Teachers and students have been led by three ministers of Education over the last seven years. The first turn belonged to Alejandrina German, who was removed from her post after spending more than four years on the job. She was replaced by Melanio Paredes, and now it is the turn of Josefina Pimentel, who was a deputy minister during the German term.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)