INFOTEP trains 2.7 million, driving employment and innovation across the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo.- Under President Luis Abinader’s administration, the Dominican Republic’s National Institute for Technical–Professional Training (INFOTEP) has trained over 2.7 million people, fueling job creation, innovation and local development, INFOTEP Director Rafael Santos Badía announced this week.

Speaking on Guillermo Gómez’s Aeromundo program, Santos Badía highlighted that 67,000 of those trainees have earned high‑level technical qualifications through cutting‑edge programs integrating artificial intelligence, state‑of‑the‑art simulators and cloud‑based learning platforms. “INFOTEP has evolved far beyond a simple culinary school,” he said. “Today we certify professionals in cybersecurity, drone operations, videography, rail transport, hospitality, construction and transformative leadership—both at home and abroad.”

INFOTEP now operates in all 32 Dominican provinces and maintains training centers in 42 foreign cities, strengthening the Dominican community abroad—particularly in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean—with free skills development.

Key achievements include the inauguration of a train‑operator training center in Villa Mella, logistics simulators in Haina and dedicated hospitality training facilities in Bávaro and Montecristi. The institute has also bolstered its certification system for carpentry, electrical work, masonry and audiovisual production, enabling experienced workers without formal degrees to validate their expertise.

Strategic partnerships with leading hotel chains, tobacco producers and multinational corporations have aligned training offerings with the market’s evolving demands. “The entire country asks for INFOTEP,” Santos Badía noted. “This transformation stems from President Abinader’s vision, which places technical–professional training at the heart of our economic and social progress.”

He concluded by announcing that, in the coming weeks, new INFOTEP centers will open in Jarabacoa, Las Terrenas, Guerra, Villa Duarte and Jimaní, further extending the institute’s reach into strategic regions of the Dominican Republic.