Editing Dominican Republic (section)

===Education===
{{Main|Education in the Dominican Republic}}
[[File:Dominican kids in Santo Domingo.jpg|thumb|Kids taking classes]]
Primary education is regulated by the Ministry of Education, with education being a right of all citizens and [[youth in the Dominican Republic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/mesicic2_repdom_sc_anexo_7_sp.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806044021/http://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/mesicic2_repdom_sc_anexo_7_sp.pdf |archive-date=2009-08-06 |url-status=live|title=LEY 66–97 Ley General de Educación|access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref>

Preschool education is organized in different cycles and serves the 2–4 age group and the 4–6 age group. Preschool education is not mandatory except for the last year. Basic education is compulsory and serves the population of the 6–14 age group. Secondary education is not compulsory, although it is the duty of the state to offer it for free. It caters to the 14–18 age group and is organized in a common core of four years and three modes of two years of study that are offered in three different options: general or academic, vocational (industrial, agricultural, and services), and artistic.

The higher education system consists of institutes and universities. The institutes offer courses of a higher technical level. The universities offer technical careers, undergraduate and graduate; these are regulated by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ley 139-01 de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología |url=http://www.seescyt.gov.do/baseconocimiento/Leyes%20y%20reglamentos/Ley139-01%20Educaci%C3%B3n%20Superior.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501035441/http://www.seescyt.gov.do/baseconocimiento/Leyes%20y%20reglamentos/Ley139-01%20Educaci%C3%B3n%20Superior.pdf |archive-date=May 1, 2015 }}</ref> The Dominican Republic was ranked 97th in the [[Global Innovation Index]] in 2024, down from 87th in 2019.<ref>{{Cite book |author=[[World Intellectual Property Organization]] |year=2024 |title=Global Innovation Index 2024: Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship |url=https://www.wipo.int/web-publications/global-innovation-index-2024/assets/67729/2000%20Global%20Innovation%20Index%202024_WEB3lite.pdf |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.wipo.int |page=18 |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization |language=en |doi=10.34667/tind.50062 |isbn=978-92-805-3681-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Global Innovation Index 2019|url=https://www.wipo.int/global_innovation_index/en/2019/index.html|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=www.wipo.int|language=en|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902101818/https://www.wipo.int/global_innovation_index/en/2019/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>