The Vice President of the Republic, Rachel Peñastarted this Thursday the works for the construction of the new extension of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) in the municipality of Santo Domingo Este (SDE)together with the rector Editrudis Beltrán Crisóstomo, and the minister Housing and Buildings (Mived), Carlos Bonilla.
To build the physical infrastructure, the Government will invest 1,595 million pesos. UASD-SDE It will be located on 30 de Junio Avenue in the Juan Bosch City area.
This center of studies will have capacity for 4,390 students and will benefit residents in the municipality of Guerra, San Luis, Los Mina, Los Tres Brazos, Sabana Perdida, Los Frailes, Boca Chica, La Victoria, and the students of the province from Monte Plata, who will no longer have to Travel to the National District to receive education.
During the event, the vice president highlighted that this extension of the UASD joins seven others nationwide, and is a way to celebrate the growth of the high house of studies and “strengthen the commitment to the fundamental principles of accessibility, quality and community service that define it.”
“This new headquarters in Santo Domingo Este is living proof that education is the engine of development and the guide for a country that is moving towards prosperity.”Vice President of the Dominican Republic.
He said that it is a construction site that embraces growth and development comprehensive of all young people that they will no longer have to Travel long distances to receive a education at the level and in the conditions they deserve.
Binomial UASD-State
While the rector of the UASDEditrudis Beltrán, stated that the binomial UASD-State continues to have a positive impact on the entire society, opening up opportunities of improvement that allows a better future for young Dominicans.
“To give you an idea, this surface area of land exceeds the size of our Headquarters, which will allow us to have a infrastructure of five three-level teaching buildings, for a total of approximately 80 traditional classrooms and classroom intelligent,” he said.
He stressed that the president Abinaderbefore taking office, had promised to build a university city in this municipality.
Carlos Bonilla, minister of Housing and Buildings, stressed the need for the education be accessible to all sectors, as a key part of the country’s economic and social growth.
“So that there is development In a society, it is necessary to promote education and make it accessible to people,” he said.
About the construction site
The infrastructure will have a classroom intelligent, 14 laboratories, library, auditorium, five postgraduate classrooms, medical dispensary, children’s room, grocery store and dining room.
It will also have areas recreational and sports, which will be divided into a sports field, a patriotic plaza and a multipurpose roof, in addition to common facilities, such as a service area, a nursing mother area and a sales point.
Likewise, a main pedestrian access and vehicularwith 320 parking spaces vehicularwhich will be divided into 313 for light vehicles and seven for buses.
This center will be built on 307,997.74 square meters of land area, with 46,910.96 square meters of construction.
In addition to this construction sitethe Mived builds extensions of the UASD in the provinces of Bahoruco, Santiago Rodriguez and Sanchez Ramirez.
They accompanied the Vice President Rachel Peña and to the ministro Carlos Bonilla: he minister of Education Superior, Science and Technology, Franklin García Fermín; the minister of Youth, Carlos Valdez; the Governor from Santo Domingo, Lucrecia Santana; the senator from Santo Domingo, Antonio Taveras Guzman; the mayor of Santo Domingo Este, Dio Astacio; the deputies Bolívar Valera, Juan José Rojas, Jean Carlos Simanca, Dellys Feliz, Abelardo Rutinel and Jorge Frías.
