Minister Luis Miguel De Camps promotes new measures to ensure transparency in the use of resources for corrective maintenance

Since March, and with the support of the Comptroller’s Office, an integral review of all corrective maintenance contracts is being carried out by instruction of De Camps. Santo Domingo.- The Minister of Education, Luis Miguel De Camps, issued Departmental Order 055-2025 this Tuesday, which reinforces the process of control and review of corrective maintenance contracts with the aim of ensuring that every peso invested in schools is used efficiently and transparently. Since March 2025, the Ministry of Education has been immersed in a comprehensive review of all corrective maintenance contracts, both those signed in the previous administration and those initiated in the current administration, as part of an institutional strategy that has the technical support of the Comptroller General of the Republic. This effort has resulted in the progressive implementation of new controls aimed at validating payments exclusively after the physical and documentary verification of the work performed. The new order consolidates this process with key measures: No transfer to the decentralized boards may be made without an audit certifying the satisfactory completion of the works, endorsed by the Comptroller’s Office; the preparation of a technical report on cases of paid and unexecuted works will be instructed, which will be sent to the Public Heritage Recovery Team and, if necessary, to the Public Ministry; and the supervision of works in progress by the School Infrastructure Directorate is strengthened while it is established that each transfer of funds must go through a controlled and documented process.

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Furthermore, the obligation of the decentralized boards to comply with the Regulations for Fund Management is reaffirmed, which implies approving operational plans, budgets, submitting monthly reports, maintaining updated inventories, and executing tax deductions. With these measures, the Ministry ensures that the conservation of the school’s physical plant is supported by more robust technical, financial, and legal controls, and that the decisions of the boards remain within the constitutional framework and the General Education Law. The Ministry reminded that the decentralized boards are subject to the Procurement and Contracting Law and that any non-compliance will be sanctioned. Likewise, it warned that the National Education Council may annul decisions contrary to the Constitution and the General Education Law. The educational portfolio emphasized that the management headed by Minister De Camps is clear: that every resource allocated to school maintenance translates into verified works and better conditions for educational centers.