A total of 278 Dominican teachers and professors will be awarded with a diploma for the satisfactory completion of an Organization of the American States (Educational Portal of the Americas) course on line sponsored by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, GFDD, and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, FUNGLODE in collaboration with the ministries of Basic and Higher Education, Science and Technology.

The event will take place Monday, January 23 rd at 12:00 noon at FUNGLODE in Santo Domingo . The ceremony will include Ms. Alejandrina Germán, Minister of Basic Education, and Ms. Ligia Amada de Melo, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Ms. Bertha Santoscoy, OAS Representative in the Dominican Republic , and Dr. Mónica Luque, Coordinator of the course.

Dr. Luque will lead a panel of experts in charge of identifying and training a qualified group from the participants in the on line course who will receive further training to become trainers in teaching quality. This will leave capacity installed in the country and will facilitate the access to this instruction to a wider range of teachers and professor all over the national territory.