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Statistics on Education
Source: Secretaria de Estado de Educación of the Dominican Republic
Dominican Educational System
Situation to 2005
Table 1. Quantity of Educational Centers, Teachers and Students, by Educational Levels. (Public and Private Sector). 2003-2004.
Quantity
Early Childhood and Primary
Secondary
Total
Schools
9,519
924
10,443
Teachers
53,492
11,323
64,815
Students
1,914,756
484,234
2,398,990
Table 2. Quantity of Students, by Sector and Gender. 2003-2004.
Sector
Male
Female
Total
Public
956,232
948,484
1,904,716
Private
216,466
231,094
447,560
Semi-official (private schools that receive government subsidies)
21,618
25,096
46,714
Total
1,194,316
1,204,674
2,398,990
Table 3. Educational Indicators
Net enrollment in primary education
92.7%
Gross enrollment in secondary education
65.6%
Literacy rate
88.4%
Illiteracy rate in adults
11.6%
Table 4. Hours of class by level and category
Early Childhood Education
1,150 hours
Primary Education
1,150 hours
Secondary Level, General
1,380 hours
Secondary Level, Technical Professional
1,680 hours
Adult Education
1,102 hours
Data and figures
Literacy rate: 88.4%
Illiteracy rate in adults: 11.6%
Net enrollment in primary education: 92.7%
Net enrollment in secondary education (middle level): 65.6%
The early childhood, primary and secondary population totals 2,398,990 students in 10,443 educational centers.
1,904,716 (79.4%) of primary and secondary students are in public school; 447,560 (18.7%) in private schools and 1.9% in the semi-official sector
Around 80% of teachers in primary and secondary education are females.
93% of primary education teachers have a university degree.
17 public schools are developing a bilingual program. Corresponding teacher training in the English language is carried out with the collaboration of the University of Massachussets and the City College of New York. The selected schools are located in the areas of the greatest tourism, duty-free and/or industrial development.
Implementation of the school breakfast program in the public education system.
Current university enrollment: 298,087 students.
Percentage of youth between the ages of 18 and 24 that enroll in higher education: 16.74%
Higher education drop-out rate: between 50 and 70%.
Growth of technical education through the Proyecto Fondo para la Excelencia Académica, which plans to education between 2000 and 3000 information technicians and specialists.
Establishment of Institutos Técnicos Comunitarios (ITC), which will supply free higher technical education to low-income youth in areas especially meaningful to the productive development of their communities.
The Dominican Republic has more than 40 centers of higher education.
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