President Luis Abinader inaugurated the refurbishment of the facilities of the Directorate of Arts and Professional Technical Education, Prof. Francisco Antonio Polanco, of the Ministry of Education.
With this, the Minerd reaffirms its commitment to offer quality education, oriented to the needs of the labor market and, in addition, offer an environment conducive to 
practical learning and training of students in various disciplines.
In his remarks, the Minister of Education, Ángel Hernández, pointed out that the renaissance of technical-professional and arts education is guaranteed with the boost that the President is giving to this sector and, in addition, he emphasized that these facilities dignify the management work in these areas.
“This is what needs to be strengthened, creating educational opportunities that guarantee that young people are linked to work.”
Also present were the mayor of the National District, Carolina Mejía; the special advisor to the Ministry of Public Health, Eddy Pérez Then; the senator of Puerto Plata, Ginette Bournigal; Dr. Félix Antonio Cruz Jiminián; Congressman Jesús Ogando; the regional director of Metropolitan Health, Edisson Feliz; the director of the hospital, Richard Salcedo; as well as relatives of Dr. José Manuel Rodríguez Jimenes.
Also, the deputy ministers, Administrative of the Minerd, Julio Cordero; of Technical and Pedagogical Services, Ancell Scheker; of Educational Decentralization, Ligia Pérez; the directors, of Professional Technical Modality, Rafael Bienvenido Mercedes; of Arts Modality, Gerson Navarro and of International Cooperation OCI, Javier Venzan.
Source: Presidencia.gob.do
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