Since 2010, the number of foreign students has increased substantially in the pre-university and university education Dominican, public, private and semi-private. In the pre-university sector, among foreign students, it is counted more than 44,000 Haitian students (65.7%) of the 67,000 foreign students enrolled and more than 12,000 Haitians in Dominican universities.

In the pre-university sector 37.567 Haitians are studying in public schools; 6,148 in private schools and 595 in the semi-official sector (Source 2013: Planning Department of the Ministry of Education Dominican). Other foreign students (34.3% from 25 countries) are from: United States (12.519), Spain (1,753), Puerto Rico (1,468) to them are added other countries including Venezuela, Italy, Cuba, Panama, Germany, Denmark, Russia, China, Peru, Brazil and 560 students come from other countries for a grand total of 67.423 foreign students (pre-university sector).

HL/ HaitiLibre