Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Education, formally known as Minerd, has formally extended targeted preventive class suspensions for Wednesday, October 28, covering all educational institutions situated in high-risk vulnerable zones across provinces currently placed under yellow weather alert, as persistent rainfall driven by a lingering meteorological trough continues to sweep across multiple regions of the country. Education officials clarified that the suspension mandate does not apply on a nationwide scale, granting regional and local school district administrators the flexibility to extend temporary class shutdowns for any additional campuses where on-the-ground weather conditions present verifiable safety hazards for enrolled students, teaching personnel, and non-teaching administrative staff. As part of the official directive, all school leadership teams are required to activate full preventive safety protocols, and implement proactive protective steps to safeguard campus infrastructure, learning equipment, and critical educational resources from potential rain-related damage. Minerd additionally issued a public advisory urging all members of the national educational community, including parents, students, and school staff, to regularly track official public safety bulletins released by the country’s Emergency Operations Center (COE), and strictly follow all updated guidance issued by local education governing bodies to minimize weather-related risks. For ongoing updates on local Dominican news developments, readers may access full coverage via DominicanScope.
Minerd extends preventive class suspension in areas under yellow alert
