Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP), the Federation of Associations of Teachers of the UASD, the Association of Professionals and Technicians of Education and the Dominican Observatory of Public Policies convened the “First National Seminar: For a true National Educational Reform resulting from a Great National and Citizen Consultation”.
The activity aims to promote a broad debate on the current situation and the future of Dominican education, as well as to promote an educational reform proposal based on citizen participation and the consensus of the different sectors linked to the education system.
The seminar, entitled “Challenges of Dominican Education and What is the Necessary Reform”, will be held next Wednesday, May 27th at 9:00 am in the auditorium of the High Technology Building of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo.
The organizers reported that during the day, public policies applied to the education sector and the scope of Presidential Decree 309-26 will be analyzed, in relation to the changes they consider necessary to strengthen the national education system.
Furthermore, it was pointed out that the seminar seeks to promote a “democratic, scientific, critical and participatory” reform, built from citizen consultations and with the integration of teachers, students, workers and other social actors.
The convening entities also indicated that the event will be replicated in different regions of the country during the coming months, through community meetings, activities in educational centers, and digital spaces.
In that sense, they expressed concern about what they described as attempts to commodify education and questioned proposals that, they claimed, seek to reduce the education system to a market logic.
They also warned about possible modifications that could affect the autonomy and historical role of the UASD, as well as rights won by teachers and Dominican public education.
