The public education system is deficient. That is the reason why private education or private schools are recommended, many of which offer an excellent academic formation. Several private institutions exist where the education is bilingual and others where the classes are taught in English or French in their totality.

As far as the university education goes, the country counts on excellent private universities in the main cities of the country, specifically in Santo Domingo and Santiago.

This guide was compiled with the help of Lindsay de Feliz, a British expat blogger living in the Dominican Republic. Visit her blog at yoursaucepans.blogspot.com.