Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig itpai.edu.do. NS
Answer
itpai.edu.do. 2 NS dns2.midominio.do.
itpai.edu.do. 2 NS dns3.midominio.do.
itpai.edu.do. 2 NS dns4.midominio.do.
itpai.edu.do. 2 NS dns1.midominio.do.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0