NewsWhore
10-19-2007, 03:20 PM
More than 2,000 private schools out of 3,416 evaluated by the Ministry of Education have received notifications that they need to improve or face being shut down by the authorities for not meeting the required minimum standards. Manuel Antonio Suero, in charge of the private school department at the Ministry of Education, said the number could be even greater because there is no adequate registry of all private schools in the DR, as reported in Hoy. He estimated that around 1,500 more schools were operating without Ministry of Education recognition. He said the evaluation was long overdue and that it would continue this and next year.
Where major infractions were detected, the students were relocated to nearby schools, and the schools banned from accepting last year students for 8th or 12th grades, that are subject to taking the National Tests (Pruebas Nacionales). While some of the schools did not comply with requirements for libraries, science laboratories and recreation and sports activities, others did not meet minimum requirements for adequate furniture, bathrooms and potable water, and school materials.
Suero commented that in the DR only 148 centers meet all the requirements for private school operation approved by the National Education Council in June 2005.
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Where major infractions were detected, the students were relocated to nearby schools, and the schools banned from accepting last year students for 8th or 12th grades, that are subject to taking the National Tests (Pruebas Nacionales). While some of the schools did not comply with requirements for libraries, science laboratories and recreation and sports activities, others did not meet minimum requirements for adequate furniture, bathrooms and potable water, and school materials.
Suero commented that in the DR only 148 centers meet all the requirements for private school operation approved by the National Education Council in June 2005.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)