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01-11-2012, 03:50 PM
Haitian Minister of Education Jean Claude Francois spoke yesterday at the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (Funglode) in Santo Domingo during Education Week. He was speaking as a member of a panel on Higher Education in Haiti.
Francois said that the quality of higher education graduates has declined considerably in the past four decades. He said there are 25,000 university students in Haiti. The new university built by the Dominican government in Cap-Haitien has a capacity for 10,000 students.
The Haitian minister mentioned the impact of brain drain, commenting that 85% of university graduates migrate to the Dominican Republic and the United States. "In the Dominican Republic there are 15,000 Haitian students studying in universities, but only a small number will return to Haiti," he commented. He said that with the inaugural of the new facility thousands of students would be trained in their own language, "which will be much better for them."
He added that at present, his country's greatest problem was the lack of governance.
Speaking as part of the education panel, university professors Jena Marie Theodat, Jacky Lumake and Yves Voltaire expressed their appreciation for the Dominican government's donation of a university.
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Francois said that the quality of higher education graduates has declined considerably in the past four decades. He said there are 25,000 university students in Haiti. The new university built by the Dominican government in Cap-Haitien has a capacity for 10,000 students.
The Haitian minister mentioned the impact of brain drain, commenting that 85% of university graduates migrate to the Dominican Republic and the United States. "In the Dominican Republic there are 15,000 Haitian students studying in universities, but only a small number will return to Haiti," he commented. He said that with the inaugural of the new facility thousands of students would be trained in their own language, "which will be much better for them."
He added that at present, his country's greatest problem was the lack of governance.
Speaking as part of the education panel, university professors Jena Marie Theodat, Jacky Lumake and Yves Voltaire expressed their appreciation for the Dominican government's donation of a university.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)