INTEC awards scholarships to 45 outstanding students

El Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo -INTEC- awarded scholarships to 45 young people from high schools and colleges in the country, through the INTEC Program with Outstanding Students (PIES), an initiative of social responsibility of INTEC, pioneer in recognizing academic excellence.

The twenty-seventh (XXVII) act of recognition of Young National Talents was held in the Julio Ravelo Room of the INTEC Fountain and was attended by Ginny Taulé, Director of Communication and Social Responsibility of EGE Haina, graduated from INTEC and past member of the Board of Regents of the university, as main speaker.

This year 372 students were evaluated, from the 595 applications received in this round. 49 students were selected for their performance in the tests, of which 45 took the race of their choice at INTEC and the rest opted only for recognition. Of those recognized in this installment 55.56% are women.

In 27 years the PIES has awarded a scholarship to the higher education of a thousand 517 young people and has awarded recognition to more than two thousand students who have demonstrated their excellence. To date, eight out of ten PIE students graduate with the highest academic honors.

The student of the Economics degree, Gisselle Lisselotte Beras Vásquez, Young National Talent 2013 (XXVI Round), delivered the motivation speech. The meeting was attended by authorities and members of the Board of Regents of INTEC, as well as representatives of the companies and institutions that sponsor the PIES:

• AES Dominicana
• AES Dominicana Foundation
• 1985 Engineering Class
• ESSO Standard Oil
• Dominican Electronic Market (MED)
• Electricity Company of San Pedro de Macorís (CESPM)
• Orange
• Grupo Ramos
• CLEAR
• Alpha Society in Values
• Central Bank of the Dominican Republic

On the FEET

The program identifies and selects outstanding baccalaureates from public and private educational centers throughout the country, in order to provide them with the opportunity to acquire high quality professional training and high social commitment at INTEC. For this, candidates must have scores on 80 points in all subjects of the baccalaureate, an average of 90 in the core subjects and undergo academic tests and interviews at the institution.

Leandra Tapia, Academic Vice Chancellor, Ginny Taulé, graduate and guest speaker, Rolango M. Guzmán, Chancellor, Alfonso Casasnovas, Administrative and Financial Vice Chancellor. Photo: Alejo Chestaro.

Results of the XXVII 2014 Round 

In 27 years, the PIES exhibits among its main achievements: 

• 1,517 grants awarded.

• 2,206 young National Talents and 220 National Promises.

• 9,655 participation requests, from public lycées and private schools throughout the national geography.

• 2,545 young people recognized, coming from different public and private schools in the country. 

• The PIES currently has more than 280 scholarship students, of which 45 entered INTEC during the August-October / 2014 quarter.

First places 2014 FEET. Liceos Category

First places 2014 FEET. Category Schools

 
Number of students FEET new income per career

(Quarter August-October 2014)