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Originally Posted by A.Hidalgo
Just as I thought, from 1997 on when the law went into effect, 10 years ago, the PLD and the PRD administrations have never achieved the 4% of GDP to be spent on Education. I believe that going forward even that 4% is an inadequate figure to be able to ever achieve any real change in the educational system.
As for the PLD with Leonel as President they have held power from 1996-2000 and then again 2004-2008 and no 4%, but then again its not the first time a Dominican administration ignores its own laws.
NALs you are a genius for saying "nothing happens over night"  |
And you are a genius in ignoring the fact that these are long term goals. Had the PRD not won the 2000 elections, the country would had been different today in many aspects, including the share of GDP invested on education.
Now its going to over 2% of GDP, a percentage that has not been seen since the 1970s as far as education spending is concerned. The goal is 4% and the investment on education has been nearing such percentage in the past 4 years. Another 4 years and it will most likely reach it, unless, of course, another party takes over and they completely disregard and undo whatever the PLD did before as did Hipolito.
-NALs