Back to school

[NewsWhore]

School reopens in the DR this coming Tuesday, 21 August. More than 2.4 million students are registered at 11,890 state schools and 1,927 private schools. To mark the day, inauguration ceremonies will be held at 22 new schools in Santo Domingo province. President Leonel Fernandez is scheduled to start the year off at 8 am at the Los Guaricanos, Villa Mella Center for Excellence in Education. The Ministry of Education also reported that there are 63,000 state schoolteachers, and that they will be distributing 300,000 backpacks with school supplies, and 200,000 uniforms and shoes for children in impoverished areas. The Ministry also plans to distribute 14 million books to state school students.

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