The National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (INTRANT), the Dominican Republic’s road transport authority, has awarded 58 learner’s permits to the first high school graduates of its Guardians of Traffic Program. The permits were presented alongside the students’ high school diplomas under an agreement between INTRANT and the Ministry of Education, allowing participants to begin the legal process of obtaining a driver’s license.
The initiative integrates road safety education into the school curriculum while encouraging responsible mobility and civic engagement. Students who complete the program earn credit for 30 of the 60 community service hours required for graduation while receiving practical and theoretical training in traffic safety and responsible road use.
Road Safety Education Begins in the Classroom
The program has already trained 620 students across six educational institutions. Participants study safe mobility practices, citizenship, and the provisions of Law 63-17, the Dominican Republic’s legal framework governing mobility, land transportation, traffic, and road safety. They also complete practical exercises at INTRANT’s Road Safety Education Park, identify transportation challenges within their communities, develop potential solutions, and pass theoretical assessments.
The Centro Psicopedagógico Ozama became the first school to implement the pilot program, where 14 students received the country’s first official Guardians of Traffic credentials. The initiative later expanded to additional schools, culminating in the delivery of learner’s permits to the first graduating participants.
Expansion Across Dominican Schools
The first public school to award learner’s permits alongside high school diplomas was Liceo Emilio Prud’Homme in Azua Province, where 17 students benefited from the program. The school also became the first participating institution outside Greater Santo Domingo.
Another 15 students from Liceo Víctor Garrido Puello later received their permits, making it the first participating public school in Greater Santo Domingo and the second nationwide to reach this milestone.
To date, the program has graduated students from Centro Psicopedagógico Ozama (35), Liceo Emilio Prud’Homme (37), Liceo Antonio Duvergé (72), Liceo Víctor Garrido Puello (120), Colegio Fernando Arturo de Meriño (CAFAM) (189), and Politécnico Fray Balbino Pineda (167), for a total of 620 participants.
Promoting Responsible Future Drivers
Milton Morrison, executive director of INTRANT, said the initiative demonstrates how road safety education can help save lives while fostering responsible citizenship. He noted that, through the partnership with the Ministry of Education, students not only fulfill part of their graduation requirements but also gain practical knowledge that prepares them to become safer road users and more engaged members of their communities.
The program reflects the Dominican government’s broader efforts to strengthen road safety education among young people and encourage a culture of responsible mobility before new drivers enter the country’s road network.