MARTELLY VISITS THE SITE OF THE "ROI HENRI CHRISTOPHE" UNIVERSITY
(Haiti Libre) -
President Michel Martelly, went on the morning of Thursday, November 10, 2011, to the town of Limonade, to monitor the construction of the new University "Roi Henri Christophe", a project entirely funded by the Dominican Republic and Dominicans from the business sector..., whose opening is scheduled for January 12, 2012.
The University will be able to accommodate 10,000 students per day. It will consist of several three-story buildings, 72 classrooms of 30 students, a library [modern documentation center], meeting rooms, computer, accounting and science labs, and academic, administrative, recreational and sports facilities.
The site is well advanced and the Head of State continues to encourage the participation of all, including his Dominican counterpart, President Leonel Fernández, to the finalization of the project, which constitutes one of the important approaches of the Haitian State to the decentralization of education. The people of Limonade, in particular the school children, will soon benefit from higher education in their community and already welcomes the quality of training that will be provided.
President Martelly also congratulated the Dominican Ambassador, Ruben Silié, and all the Haitian and Dominican engineers who are working on the site and whose number of employees amounts to over one hundred. "This is the result of a good collaboration between the two peoples and a proof that both countries can make a joint effort" he told reporters.
Speaking to the people of Limonade, ..., the Head of State has pledged his support to the distribution of fertilizer and to the resolution of social and economic problems. He also reiterated his commitment to a free, quality and accessible education.
"...this university is a beautiful thing, a beautiful symbol of knowledge [...] It is through this university that we will train young people, who will then have a trade in hand, to escape poverty and underdevelopment..."
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