Friday in a press conference at the local ministry in Delmas 83, Meniol Jeune the Director General of the Ministry of Education announced as part of the fight against corruption within the education system, the cancellation of the license or permit of 34 schools in contravention with the Ministry.

According to Jeune, this decision is justified by the fact that these schools did not respect the conditions required by the Ministry for the operation of any school. Explaining that after a long process of supervision and investigation at all levels, the Ministry has come to the conclusion that these schools exist only in name, having no more effective seat.

Recall that these 34 schools come from a list of 41 schools, convened on April 2 and 3, 2018 https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23958-icihaiti-education-the-ministry-raises-the-tone-and-convenes-41-school-principals.html . Only 9 officials from the schools concerned appeared, 2 of which were not at all convincing said Meniol Jeune, adding that other similar sanctions will be taken against any other identified case, inviting officers to report all cases of suspicious schools specifying that depending on the nature of the case, the judicial authorities will be seized for further action.

In addition, the Director Jeune took the opportunity to follow up on the state of preparation of the state exams, stating that everything was under control and that preparations were well under way for the examination s:

Beginning June 11, 2018, the beginning of the 9th grade exams, the Normal Schools of Teachers (ENI) and the Family Education Centers;

The single baccalaureate will follow from June 25 to 28;

The permanent baccalaureate is planned, either in the week of June 18 or June 25, according to the number of candidates registered after the registrations expected from April 9 to 20 in progress.

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23958-icihaiti-education-the-ministry-raises-the-tone-and-convenes-41-school-principals.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23343-haiti-flash-more-than-400-schools-suspected-of-fraud-threatened-with-sanctions.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23777-haiti-education-104-schools-in-the-west-threatened-with-sanctions.html

HL/ HaitiLibre