Educational crisis in San Francisco de Macorís: ADP demands urgent solutions
The Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP) in San Francisco de Macorís intensified its pressure measures this Tuesday with a demonstration in front of the Regional 07 Education headquarters. The teachers’ union is demanding an immediate intervention regarding the precarious conditions affecting more than 25 educational centers in the district.
Robert Frías, an ADP representative, detailed that school infrastructure is in a critical situation. As he explained, numerous schools remain under unfinished repair processes, which prevents hundreds of students from attending classes regularly. This lack of physical space has forced several centers to operate with reduced schedules, limiting teaching to only two or three days per week.
Deficiencies in infrastructure and nutrition
For his part, leader Waldy Paredes stressed that the crisis is multifaceted. In addition to the delays in the adaptation of classrooms, severe problems are reported in the sanitation and maintenance of bathrooms, as well as a critical lack of adequate spaces for learning.
The situation is aggravated by irregularities in the school feeding program. According to the complaints filed by Paredes, the centers face constant delays, an insufficient quantity of rations, and the supply of food that, at times, arrives at the schools in conditions unsuitable for student consumption.
This mobilization represents the second day of teacher protests in the area. The ADP has made it clear that they will maintain their stance of struggle until educational authorities offer concrete responses and definitive solutions to the needs that are keeping students out of the classrooms.
Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP)With these actions, the union seeks to highlight the urgency of guaranteeing a dignified and safe school environment, urging regional authorities to prioritize the completion of pending work and the optimization of basic services in the affected schools.
