Education says school year ends June 2; waste not time left

Santo Domingo.- The Ministry Education on Thursday identified the regions and districts which have lost the most days of classes and instructed them to comply with the teaching calendar and to take full advantage of the time left before the school year ends on June 21.

Education Ministry Supervision director Esperanza Ayala said the regionals of Barahona, San Francisco de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris and San Cristobal have lost the highest number of says.

Although the official didn’t specify the reasons behind the lost schooldays, the absences on the Monday after a three-day weekend are notorious across the country.