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08-22-2007, 05:20 PM
President Leonel Fernandez officially opened the 2007-2008 school year during a ceremony at Santo Domingo's Cristina Billini Morales magnet school. The public school offers innovative instructional programs. According to Listin Diario, the President told his audience that the government had spent RD$842 million on 35 schools and two administrative buildings for the Ministry of Education. The President was accompanied by his wife, Margarita Cedeno. Minister of Education Alejandrina German said that more than 2.4 million children were registered at the country's schools and that she was most proud of the fact that of the 183,203 children who are under five years of age, 177,455 were registered in pre-schools. One of the features of the magnet schools are their facility for holding video conferences, and President Fernandez was happy to talk to students at the Liduvina Cornelio Hernandez School in Hainamosa and the Melba Baez de Erazo School in Haina in real time.
President Fernandez also used the day to promote the agreement signed with the Tecnologico de Mexico in Monterrey would lead to the creation of 150 virtual universities throughout the country, which will be accessible from the high tech centers being set up by the First Lady's Office. Also in the pipeline are 60 new high tech centers for high school students. Fernandez said that his government has revolutionized education in the country, by incorporating the best of technology and classroom equipment and with its support for higher education. He said that students would be able to obtain high school degrees attending Bachinet, or Bachillerato por Internet (High School by Internet). He spoke proudly of the new state university (UASD) facilities in Santo Domingo, Higuey, Nagua and Puerto Plata.
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President Fernandez also used the day to promote the agreement signed with the Tecnologico de Mexico in Monterrey would lead to the creation of 150 virtual universities throughout the country, which will be accessible from the high tech centers being set up by the First Lady's Office. Also in the pipeline are 60 new high tech centers for high school students. Fernandez said that his government has revolutionized education in the country, by incorporating the best of technology and classroom equipment and with its support for higher education. He said that students would be able to obtain high school degrees attending Bachinet, or Bachillerato por Internet (High School by Internet). He spoke proudly of the new state university (UASD) facilities in Santo Domingo, Higuey, Nagua and Puerto Plata.
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