Medina kicks off schoolyear for 2.2M+ students

Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Monday headedthe 2016-2017 schoolyear inaugural, in which more than 2.2 million students andmore than 90,000 teachers took part.

The Pedro Henriquez Ureña elementary school at San Felipede Villa Mella, Santo Domingo Norte was the site of the event.

In the keynote speech, Education minister Andres Navarrostressed the education system’s “boundless optimism and faith with presidentDanilo Medina’s call for an educational revolution.”

He said the government is putting its "heart and soul sothat quality education reaches every Dominican family."