Santo Domingo.- Quince mil estudiantes de media serán incorporados a partir de febrero al Programa Bachilleres Bilingües, que desde agosto pasado desarrolla el Ministerio de Educación en liceos de la Regional Santo Domingo 10, que abarca los sectores de Los Mina, Villa Duarte, Villa Mella, Sabana Perdida, Boca Chica, San Luis y Mendoza.

El anuncio fue hecho por el viceministro de Educación, Adarberto Martínez, quien dijo que el programa tiene la finalidad de que los estudiantes dominen el idioma inglés durante los cuatro años del bachillerato en todas las escuelas públicas.

Martínez explicó que los 15 mil estudiantes pertenecen a 190 centros educativos de la Regional 10 y se unirán a otros 50 mil alumnos de media que cursan el programa desde principio del presente año escolar, para unos 65 mil beneficiados.

El funcionario habló del programa bilingüe al encabezar la graduación de 142 maestros que concluyeron el diplomado “Inglés Conversacional”, impartido por el Ministerio de Educación, el Instituto Nacional de Formación y Capacitación del Magisterio (Inafocam), y las instituciones Pearson Educacation y Professional Training Systems (PTS), como parte del programa Avanzado de Perfeccionamiento para docentes del idioma inglés.

La actividad, que se realizó en el Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Salomé Ureña (Isofodosu), fue presidida por Martínez en representación del ministro de Educación, Melanio Paredes.

La directora de la Regional 10, Argentina Henríquez, valoró la importancia de este programa que permitirá que los bachilleres salgan con estudios de alta tecnología y bilingüe, listos para ocupar plazas de trabajo en turismo, telefonía y otras.

Dijo que los estudiantes que cursen este programa no tendrán que pagar academias y cursos de inglés, en virtud de que las escuelas públicas enseñarán a hablar este idioma.

Investidura
Los 142 maestros graduados de los niveles Inicial, Básico y Media, concluyeron el diplomado “Inglés Conversacional” con una inversión de 3 millones 500 mil pesos.

El programa de diplomado fue ofrecido para elevar las competencias en lenguas extrajeras de los docentes dominicanos como vía para que los escolares reciban una mejor enseñanza de los idiomas que le garanticen una inserción exitosa en el sector productivo.

La capacitación, realizada a través del Profesional Training Systems (PTS)-Pearson Educación Caribbean, tuvo una duración de ocho meses y se realizó en el colegio católico San Francisco de Asís, de Santo Domingo Este.

Previo al inicio de la docencia los profesores fueron sometidos al examen de nivelación internacional de Pearson en Inglés, con el fin de determinar sus habilidades y conocimientos.


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Santo Domingo .- Fifteen thousand students on average will be incorporated after February Bachelors Bilingual Program, which since last August developed by the Ministry of Education in secondary schools in the Regional Santo Domingo 10, which covers the areas of Los Mina, Villa Duarte, Villa Mella, Sabana Perdida, Boca Chica, San Luis and Mendoza.

The announcement was made by Deputy Minister of Education, Adarberto Martinez, who said the program is aimed at students to master English during the four years of high school in all public schools.

Martinez explained that the 15 thousand students belonging to 190 schools in the Regional 10 and join 50 other half thousand students enrolled in the program since the beginning of this school year, to about 65 thousand beneficiaries.

He spoke of the bilingual program to lead the graduation of 142 teachers who completed the diploma course "Conversational English", by the Ministry of Education, the National Institute of Teacher Education and Training (Inafocam) and Pearson Educacation institutions and Professional Training Systems (PTS), as part of the Advanced Further English language teacher.

The activity, held at the Higher Institute of Teacher Education Salomé Ureña (Isofodosu), was chaired by Martinez on behalf of Education Minister Melanio Paredes.

The director of the Regional 10, Argentina Henriquez, appreciated the importance of this program that will allow high school graduates go to high-tech studies and bilingual, ready to take jobs in tourism, telephony and others.

He said the students attending this program will not pay academies and courses in English, under which public schools teach to speak this language.

Graduation
The 142 teachers graduated from the initial levels, Basic and Media, completed the diploma course "Conversational English" with an investment of 3 million 500 thousand pesos.

The certificate program was offered to raise the skills of teachers teaching of foreign languages as a means of Dominican schoolchildren who receive higher-quality language teaching to ensure a successful position in the productive sector.

The training, conducted through the Vocational Training Systems (PTS) Pearson Education Caribbean, lasted eight months and was held at the Catholic school St. Francis of Assisi, Santo Domingo.

Prior to the beginning of teaching the teachers were subject to placement test in English Pearson International, in order to determine their skills and knowledge.

hopefully, all the graduates will not be funneled into the tourist industry to grovel for gringo dollars and euro. some can come see me, and participate in my upcoming classes on ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.

Do you teach those type of classes?.

Hopefully this will open the doors to better future and stuff like this is what I personally call progress.

You never have anything important to say do you?

This is a positive step that will open the doors of knowledge and information to future Dominican professionals and technicians. I would go a step further, I vote for the government to divide the country in three zones with different education targets in terms of language skills: English zone; Portuguese zone and a German or French Zone, where these languages are taught as second "mandatory' language at schools from first grade all the way to high school. If something like this can be financed and developed, we would develop a real magnet for investment in the Americas.

I agree with you but at this time that's to much to ask remember we run a school system on low budget and under funded in many cases.I wish the governement would take education more serious as it should be but in reality they don't.

Belly,
I am in agreement with you, DR education budget is only 3.6% of the GDP, if we decided to increase it to the levels of Costa Rica: 4.9% or Mexico: 5.5% with the human resources that we currently have: English speakers from our Dominican Diaspora; Germans living in DR and Haitians with French knowledge that would not be difficult to achieve, if it's strategically planned.

According to the law the budget for school expenditures should never be lower than 4% of the GDP but they not even meeting the minimal requirements of the law the same Leonel signed years ago.Melanio even returned money which according to him they had extra money in the school budget a couple of months ago and now he is asking Leonel for more because they don't have enough.Go figure. LOL

If the Dominican Republic had an educated population, the government would have been overthrown by that population long ago. Why? Because most of the 3 million or so Dominicans living in dirt poverty will realize what I realized as a kid living there. They are no better than the Haitians they complain about.