For the third day in a row, the Association Dominican of Teachers (ADP) partially paralyzed teaching this Thursday in the centers educational of the public sector in the province Santiago.
On this occasion, the guild which brings together the teachers did not impart classes in 36 school sites in the western part of the city, with an enrollment that exceeds 17 thousand students.
The ADP He is leading a fight plan demanding the appointment of teachers, janitors, janitors and administrative staff.
It also calls for the termination of several centers educational in the process of construction.
He president of the ADP In Santiago, Miguel Jorge maintains that arguments such as that of the Villa Verde school, where there are 11 classrooms closed due to the lack of teachers, are valid to protest.
He also cited that the students from the initial level of the schools Mélida Giralt and Arturo Jiménez have lost more than two months of the current cycle because the structures of both centers They are undergoing a reconstruction process.
The union member expressed his worry for the indifference that, according to what he says, they have shown since the Ministry of Education in the face of the evils that affect the current school year.
“I have not heard the authorities, local or national, refer to these problems,” Jorge questioned.
The Association Dominican of Teachers began last Tuesday a series of mobilizations in the province Santiago, demanding demands for the sector, as well as for the student class.
If you do not receive answers to their demandshe guild He said that in the coming days he will announce the plan to follow.
Losses due to non-teaching
According to the Business Action for Education (Educa), every day that teaching is not taught in Dominican schools due to teacher strikes costs the State 760 million pesos.
“Every day of teaching not given is 760 million pesos that are lost. The school meals intended for that day are also lost, which are not consumed and must be thrown away. It is a national tragedy,” said Darwin Caraballo, executive director of the organization.
Caraballo said that they have “been able to estimate the cost of non-teaching based on the daily expenses incurred by the Ministry of Education per educational center and per student.”
