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09-17-2012, 03:50 PM
The Medina government has announced it will issue Solidarity cards to all 700,000 potential graduates of the National Literacy Plan that do not already have these. This will add to the around 800,000 recipients of the welfare card, as reported in Listin Diario.
Furthermore, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Ligia Amada Melo said that once they are literate, graduates would have the option of going to primary school and fast tracking through the eight grades in just three years.
One of the more innovative features of the NLP will be the teaching of preventive health and family values.
Minister Melo stressed the need for quality teachers to make the plan work. She said that "in order to transform our educational system we have to transform the training of our teachers."
The increase in affiliates to the Solidarity Card is being promoted as a positive by government officers. But in its editorial today, Monday 17 September, Diario Libre describes it as a setback for the country. "Can they convince us that charity, aside from solving an immediate problem and beneficial to the government from a propaganda point of view, contributes to helping people get ahead?" asks Ines Aizpun. She says "it is not good news if there are more of them every day," referring to the Solidarity Card holders. She suggests that the Dominican government could learn from Brazil by imitating their government propaganda where it provides the numbers of families that LEAVE poverty. "Can Solidarity provide testimonials of this?" she asks.
http://www.diariolibre.com/opinion/2012/09/17/i352192_cada-ano-masa.html
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Furthermore, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Ligia Amada Melo said that once they are literate, graduates would have the option of going to primary school and fast tracking through the eight grades in just three years.
One of the more innovative features of the NLP will be the teaching of preventive health and family values.
Minister Melo stressed the need for quality teachers to make the plan work. She said that "in order to transform our educational system we have to transform the training of our teachers."
The increase in affiliates to the Solidarity Card is being promoted as a positive by government officers. But in its editorial today, Monday 17 September, Diario Libre describes it as a setback for the country. "Can they convince us that charity, aside from solving an immediate problem and beneficial to the government from a propaganda point of view, contributes to helping people get ahead?" asks Ines Aizpun. She says "it is not good news if there are more of them every day," referring to the Solidarity Card holders. She suggests that the Dominican government could learn from Brazil by imitating their government propaganda where it provides the numbers of families that LEAVE poverty. "Can Solidarity provide testimonials of this?" she asks.
http://www.diariolibre.com/opinion/2012/09/17/i352192_cada-ano-masa.html
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)