{"id":520091,"date":"2026-08-07T14:54:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/2026-27-school-year-will-begin-under-the-shadow-of-a-deficit-of-up-to-8000-classrooms\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:54:04","slug":"2026-27-school-year-will-begin-under-the-shadow-of-a-deficit-of-up-to-8000-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/2026-27-school-year-will-begin-under-the-shadow-of-a-deficit-of-up-to-8000-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"2026-27 school year will begin under the shadow of a deficit of up to 8,000 classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Government has delivered 926 classrooms through School Infrastructure and plans to complete 1,500 before the start of the school year, but this does not solve the problem that repeats every year<\/strong>. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Santo Domingo.- <\/strong>The Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic (MINERD)<\/strong> has scheduled the start of the 2026-2027 school year<\/a> for August 24th, with the return to classrooms of more than two million students across the country, for which they indicated they are making all necessary preparations to ensure a successful start to the school calendar. However, the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP)<\/strong> reports a deficit of up to 8,000 classrooms<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secretary of Communications and Public Relations of the ADP’s National Executive Committee, Menegildo de la Rosa,<\/strong> based on data from the Ministry of Education’s Infrastructure Department, indicated that 4,166 classrooms remain pending<\/strong> to meet the demand for pre-university education. To that figure, he said, about 3,000 additional classrooms<\/strong> must be added to guarantee the enrollment of children from three years of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“This means we can speak of a deficit of between 7,000 and 8,000 classrooms to solve the problem of student placement in Dominican education,” he maintained in statements to De \u00daltimo Minuto.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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The leader stated that the lack of infrastructure causes numerous students to be left out of schools<\/strong> due to the absence of available classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Likewise, he criticized the prolonged use of so-called mobile classrooms<\/strong>, which, as he explained, were conceived as a temporary solution of one or two years, but in some educational centers have remained in operation for five or six years because construction work has still not been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given this scenario, the ADP considered it necessary to declare an emergency plan for school infrastructure<\/strong> and increase the investment allocated to the construction and rehabilitation of educational centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Areas with the greatest deficit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

De la Rosa pointed out that the areas with the greatest deficit are the provinces in the Eastern region<\/strong>, especially Hig\u00fcey and Ver\u00f3n<\/strong>, due to population growth driven by tourism development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also mentioned Santo Domingo Este and Santo Domingo Norte<\/strong>, where the internal migratory flow has increased the demand for school spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Situation in Santiago<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The president of the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP) in Santiago, Miguel Jorge<\/strong>, corroborated that the main obstacle for the start of the next school year is the classroom deficit<\/strong>, a situation that, he asserts, repeats every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He indicated that thousands of families have still not been able to enroll their children<\/strong> due to the lack of spaces in educational centers. As he explained, a large part of the student population in the district remains without a spot<\/strong>, because the authorities have not built the necessary classrooms to meet the demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The authorities have not built the classrooms required to accommodate the students. We are talking about thousands of students throughout this district who have not been able to secure a spot to enroll in an educational center. Naturally, that worries us greatly because we are starting off on the wrong foot,” Jorge pointed out.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The leader also pointed out that numerous school facilities remain unfinished or have work stalled, which worsens the lack of space to accommodate students. Among the cases, he mentioned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n