Santo Domingo. – The President of the Republic, Luis Abinaderhighlighted the impact of the National Institute for Professional Technical Training (INFOTEP) in the human capital formation that the country needs and stressed that technical education is undergoing a true revolution.
President Abinader explained in his speech of accountability before the National Assembly and the country, that his government, through INFOTEP, has brought training closer to people and companies, with 20 new training centers which, together with the 7 already existing, add up to a total of 27 own training centers.
In his speech, President Luis Abinader also highlighted that in the year 2022 INFOTEP, through the Regional Directorates “It has trained more than 782,000 people as assistants and, of these, almost 3,000 as technicians, of which 61% are already employed, and we have had 153,142 participants in vulnerable conditions.”
The president also highlighted the program of training of technicians who will work in the tourist destination of Pedernalesfrom which they have graduated 1,500 young people from the South region and more than half are already being evaluated for work contracts by the companies that are developing that project.
Another of the achievements highlighted by President Abinader in his speech was the impact that the program of training of Dominicans and Dominicans abroadwhich seeks to bring training to all Dominicans regardless of where they are and that It has been implemented in 42 cities around the world.
The new INFOTEP training centers
Among these new training spaces mentioned by President Abinader are the Josefa Brea Technological Center, in the National District, and the Alfredo Pérez Vargas 4.0 Professional Technical Center, in the Monseñor Nouel province.
In addition, the Eastern Regional Office, in Santo Domingo Este; the Pérez Technological Center, in Puerto Plata; the Cibao Sur Regional Office, in San Francisco de Macorís; and the Amber School, in Hato Mayor.
They were also inaugurated and put into operation eight new Community Training Centers for areas in vulnerable conditions, located in Maimon, Guayacanes, Santiago Rodriguez, Tenares, Montellano Salcedo, Palo Verde, Monte Cristi, Las Galeras and Villa Mella.
In the same way they were opened Training centers located in the 15 de Azua Public Prison, the Najayo Men’s Correction and Rehabilitation Center, the Najayo Women’s Correction and Rehabilitation Center, the La Victoria National Penitentiary, the Rafey Correction and Rehabilitation Center, and the Men’s Correction and Rehabilitation Center. Mount Silver.
