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10-11-2011, 03:10 PM
The rector of the UASD, Mateo Aquino Febrillet has set his conditions for expelling students with poor academic scores, as reported in El Caribe. The UASD has been in the spotlight since a professional student who has spent 21 years "studying" medicine at the university was elected leader of a prominent student union.
Rector Mateo Aquino Febrillet said he would implement the university rulings for minimum yield requirements once the government has provided the funds for sufficient teachers and classrooms to improve the academic standards at the university.
Meanwhile, Minister of Higher Education Ligia Amada Melo believes the UASD should do more in the name of quality education. She said that the UASD needed to find strategies to accelerate the graduation process. El Caribe reported yesterday that at present, the UASD is registering 33,000 every year but only 7,000 are graduating.
She said she requested permission to participate in the next university council meeting. Melo also recommended adding a year to the pre-established period for each degree, that is four to six years, but that this should not be extended. She recommended carrying out a study to establish which students are working and which are not, and making any delays in the second group graduating the UASD's responsibility, as reported in El Caribe.
She suggested that the university should not allow registration of students who have demonstrated they are not interested in studying, and improving conditions for students who have proved they do want to study.
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Rector Mateo Aquino Febrillet said he would implement the university rulings for minimum yield requirements once the government has provided the funds for sufficient teachers and classrooms to improve the academic standards at the university.
Meanwhile, Minister of Higher Education Ligia Amada Melo believes the UASD should do more in the name of quality education. She said that the UASD needed to find strategies to accelerate the graduation process. El Caribe reported yesterday that at present, the UASD is registering 33,000 every year but only 7,000 are graduating.
She said she requested permission to participate in the next university council meeting. Melo also recommended adding a year to the pre-established period for each degree, that is four to six years, but that this should not be extended. She recommended carrying out a study to establish which students are working and which are not, and making any delays in the second group graduating the UASD's responsibility, as reported in El Caribe.
She suggested that the university should not allow registration of students who have demonstrated they are not interested in studying, and improving conditions for students who have proved they do want to study.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)