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Profesores franceses en huelga contra la supresión de puestos

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Europa/ Francia/ 13.11.2018/ Fuente: es.rfi.fr.

Tras un llamado a manifestarse contra la supresión de más de 3.000 puestos en colegios y liceos, una parte de los profesores franceses están en huelga este 12 de noviembre.

Por primera vez en siete años, todos los sindicatos que representan a la Educación nacional en Francia llamaron a la huelga (FSU, UNSA, SUD, FO, CGT, CFDT). Las cifras del ministerio indican que un promedio de 11,33% de los profesores están en huelga, mientras que los sindicatos SNUIPP-FSU y SNES-FSU hablan de un 25% en las escuelas primarias y de un 50% en los colegios y liceos.

Los profesores de escuelas primarias, colegios y liceos que están en huelga este lunes denuncian la supresión en 2019 de 2.650 puestos en colegios y liceos públicos, más 550 en el privado y 400 en la administración.

Hay manifestaciones previstas en todo el país. En París, una marcha saldrá a las 14 horas rumbo al Ministerio de la Educación, para denunciar el presupuesto que se examinará en la Asamblea Nacional este martes.

El gobierno asegura que priorizará la escuela primaria

Unos 1.800 puestos serán creados en las escuelas primarias, en virtud de la “prioridad a la escuela primaria” buscada por el ministro de Educación Jean-Michel Blanquer. La nueva política impulsada por el ministro para los dos primeros años de la escuela elemental consiste en partir las clases en dos en los territorios más desfavorecidos.

Sin embargo, los sindicatos, incluido el SNUIPP-FSU de escuela primaria, consideran que los nuevos efectivos no bastarán para implementar esta política. El SNUIPP-FSU denuncia además la política de Blanquer, que crea una “escuela de la desconfianza” en vez de la “escuela de la confianza” que el gobierno afirma querer.

La agencia de estadísticas del Ministerio de la Educación (la DEPP) prevé un aumento de 40.000 alumnos en cada vuelta a clases entre 2019 y 2021 en colegios y liceos.

“Entendí que la prioridad va a la escuela primaria y creo, efectivamente, que hay que insistir en los primeros años para que el retraso no se acumule. Pero desvestir a un santo para vestir a otro nunca fue una buena política”, comenta Sandra, madre de familia entrevistada por el diario francés Le Parisien. La FCPE, primera federación de padres de alumnos de Francia, llama a los padres a movilizarse y a manifestar junto con los profesores.

Los sindicatos estiman que estas supresiones no serán las únicas, puesto que el presidente francés Emmanuel Macron indicó querer eliminar 50.000 puestos de funcionarios de aquí a 2022. Según Frédérique Rolet, secretaria general del SNES-FSU, la Educación nacional, que representa a la mitad de los efectivos de funcionarios, se verá particularmente afectada. Laurent Berger, secretario nacional de la CFDT, habló por su parte en la antena France Info de la “profunda exasperación” de los docentes.

Los sindicatos CGT, SUD y FO también llamaron a manifestar contra la reforma de la educación profesional, la reforma de los liceos y contra “la destrucción del estatuto general de la función pública”.

Fuente de la noticia: http://es.rfi.fr/francia/20181112-profesores-franceses-en-huelga-contra-la-supresion-de-puestos

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Democratic Republic of Congo: Migrant education program in Dodge City Public Schools helps nearly 300 students

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Africa/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ 13.11.2018/By: Katie Moore/ Source: www.cjonline.com.

The migrant education program in the Dodge City school district provides a “holistic” approach to learning and integration for nearly 300 students, program director Robert Vinton said.

Students qualify for the federal program through their parent’s employment, predominately large agricultural companies. The program was established in 1965 and came to Unified School District 443 in the 1970s, according to Vinton.

In the 2017-18 school year, 288 students are participants in the migrant program. Nearly half of the district’s 7,000 students are English language learners with 17 languages represented throughout the district’s student body. Most of the staff is bilingual.

“For a small community, we’re very, very diverse,” Vinton said.

Students have come from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, China, the Philippines, Russia and Haiti, among other countries.

To qualify for the migrant program, students must have moved across school district or state lines in the past three years. The legal status of participants isn’t known. School officials are barred from asking for documents because it could create a chilling effect, Vinton explained.

Student performance varies widely. Some are at the honors level. Others, in their teens, may have attended a minimal amount of school in a developing country and need to learn how to hold a pencil, he said. Greta Clark, English language agent, said they make efforts to discern between a student’s language level and their capacity.

For high school students, there is an emphasis on career readiness, parent engagement and understanding the college system.

The program also has two full-time community liaisons who make home visits, checking on the well-being of families and sharing information about local resources, Clark said.

Socially, there are many variables and by and large, most do well, becoming part of the “mainstream fabric,” Vinton said.

But for a few, “It’s virtually impossible to cross those lines,” Vinton said. “They struggle.”

In addition to an emphasis on reading and math, the migrant program can assist students with basic needs like health services. Vinton said diabetes awareness has been a focus because it is a growing problem. When options outside the program are limited for things like tennis shoes or glasses, the program can step in.

However Vinton said funding has shrunk in recent years as the definition of migrant was narrowed. The program in the past had up to 2,000 participants in Dodge City.

Vinton also said migrants have felt a sense of fear and insecurity since President Trump was elected.

“He has created more of a tremendous fear of families being separated,” Vinton said.

Many families have created a plan for their children, bank accounts and other assets in case immigration enforcement comes in. Vinton said developing that plan is critical, but also shows a “sad reality.”

Nationally, Vinton said, he has observed a troubling inability to understand diversity. He said he hopes the country can reach a more “sophisticated” point where people understand there is a place for everyone.

Vinton believes that passing immigration reform will help things settle down.

“Right, wrong or indifferent, we need immigration reform,” he said.

Clark said she hopes the immigrant population in Dodge City continues to expand, bringing with them rich traditions and culture to the community.

 

Source of the notice: https://www.cjonline.com/news/20181111/migrant-education-program-in-dodge-city-public-schools-helps-nearly-300-students

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Education, peace were key to rebuild: Japanese ambassador

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Asia/ Japan/ 13.11.2018/ Source: www.egypttoday.com.

Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Masaki Noke said that his country’s experience with rebuild was shaped by education and peace adding that what differentiates his country’s schools is that they focus on personality building paying attention to mind, intellect, and body.

Noke told Egypt Today he was raised knowing that his country’s natural resources are limited so its people must “make more effort, and not wage war.”

Egyptian-Japanese Ties 

The ambassador stated that Japan gives emphasis on “training and capacity building” when it comes to its cooperation with Egypt on development. He said that Japanese experts have also been invited to conduct studies and formulate proposals for quality enhancement.

Noke revealed that cooperation includes high education as well. Egypt has launched an initiative to build 200 “Japanese Schools” adopting the Japanese education system. Fifteen pilot schools have started operation in the current academic year.

The ambassador said that Egypt and Japan have good relations but can do more highlighting that Egypt is a major country in Africa and the Middle East. He stated that the visit by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to Tokyo was the first by an Egyptian leader in 17 years.

Noke explained that Japan is eager to focus on peace, security, development, and education in its relations with Egypt. He added that the role of the Japanese private sector in the country has to increase.

Japanese Investments 

The ambassador stated that there are roughly 50 Japanese companies investing $100 billion in Egypt saying that is not enough compared to the size of the country.

The ambassador suggests that Egypt should further improve the business environment like lowering tariffs on components needed in the manufacturing sector. He stated, however, that Japan has a positive view of the economic reform like floatation, energy subsidies reduction, and establishing free zones.

Noke explained that Japanese firms have become interested in investing in Egypt but they still need a “clear signal regarding the economy’s direction” and “the advantages and disadvantages of investment in Egypt.

The ambassador said that he and Japanese businesspeople met with Minister of Finance Mohamed Moeit on Nov.11. He stated that they realize that the New Investment Bill is good but the implementation is the challenge.

The Japanese ambassador concluded that “a stable and prosperous Egypt is crucial for the region, the world, and Japan.” Both countries are currently cooperating in the construction of the Suez Canal Peace Bridge and the Grand Egyptian Museum

 

Source of the notice: http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/2/60350/Education-peace-were-key-to-rebuild-Japanese-ambassador

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New Zealand school teachers strike again in stand-off with Ardern government

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Oceania/ New Zeland/ 13.11.2018/ Source: www.reuters.com.

School teachers walked off the job in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, on Monday, kicking off a week of national strike action as a three-month battle over wages and work conditions tests the Labour-led government.

The latest stand-off with its traditional union support base comes just over a year after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party formed a coalition government, promising to pour money into social services and rein in economic inequality, which has increased despite years of strong growth.

Ardern boasts a glowing international profile and historically high personal popularity but has spent much of her term navigating labor disputes and plummeting business confidence.

About 30,000 teachers around New Zealand would strike throughout the week, forcing hundreds of thousands of children out of

“My plea would be for the teachers to consider the offer we put. We’ve put everything we’ve got on the table,” Ardern told reporters. “We hope they’ll see in that a government that’s really working hard to listen and hear them on the issues that they’ve raised.”

The government revamped its pay offer by NZ$129 million ($86.82 million) to a total of NZ$698 million late last week, according to Education Minister Chris Hipkins.

Members of the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI), the union representing primary school teachers, were considering the offer but had already voted to hold a series of day-long national strikes, closing hundreds of schools.

Hipkins said in an emailed statement: “It is disappointing that NZEI has decided to go ahead with strike action before asking its members to consider the strong new offer made this week during facilitation.”

The government’s determination to stick to strict “budget responsibility rules”, including delivering fiscal surpluses and paying down debt, has disappointed public service sectors. It sparked industrial action from nurses and court and tax department staff and prompted teachers in August to hold their first strike in 20 years.

Wage growth has remained sluggish in the island nation for years, despite soaring housing costs, which labor groups and economists say has left workers struggling.

Teachers have also singled out increased paperwork, staff shortages and growing class sizes as major issues, which the government has said it was working to address.

“The key things are the issues around workload and the huge amount of compliance, such as large class sizes. Teachers have tolerated this for too long,” Newton Central school principal Riki Teteina told the New Zealand Herald newspaper during a protest by striking teachers in Auckland.

Source of the notice: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-economy-strike/new-zealand-school-teachers-strike-again-in-stand-off-with-ardern-government-idUSKCN1NH06O?il=0

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Despidos y migración es negativo para la educación nica

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Centro América/ Nicaragua/ 12.11.2018/ Fuente: www.elnuevodiario.com.ni.

Aunque el Gobierno asegura que solo el 8% de las escuelas resultaron afectadas por la crisis sociopolítica, organismos no gubernamentales y especialistas en el sector educación, consideran que la suspensión de las jornadas escolares en ese período fue notoria y que la percepción de inseguridad por los actos de represión también fue evidente.

Pero los especialistas también señalan como parte del impacto negativo en el sector, el despido de unos 60 docentes en diferentes partes del país, lo que ha afectado la atención directa de los niños en las aulas de clases.

Alex Reyes Guevara, técnico de proyecto Foro de Educación y Desarrollo Humano de la Iniciativa por Nicaragua (FEDH – IPN), explicó que al inicio del año, el calendario académico fue criticado por contener menos de los días de clases establecidos en la Ley General de Educación (Ley 582), además que el mismo contenía afectaciones por festividades, simulacros, entre otras actividades.

“Para entonces no se sospechaba de la insurrección cívica que estamos experimentando en este momento, pero siempre se planteaba la interrogante de la calidad en los contenidos, pues temas que necesitan mayor tiempo de atención, fueron resumidos significativamente y si a esto le sumamos la irregularidad de la asistencia a los centros escolares después del 19 de abril. ¿Habrá mejorado la ejecución?”, se preguntó.

Añadió Guevara que lamentablemente en la educación nicaragüense, importa más cumplir con planes que asegurarse que el estudiantado ha adquirido las herramientas y conocimientos suficientes en determinados temas.

Despidos y migración

Alex Bonilla, investigador y especialista en Educación del Instituto de Estudios Estratégicos y Políticas Públicas (Ieepp), afirma que lo primero que se debe considerar es la afectación en tiempo del año lectivo, ya que la suspensión de las jornadas escolares por la percepción de inseguridad fue superior a la estimada por el Gobierno, que considera que solo el 8% de las escuelas se vieron afectadas.

También considera negativo el despido de los cerca de 60 maestros, que además de perjudicar la atención a la niñez, crea una situación de inestabilidad laboral y educacional vistos desde perspectivas jurídicas.

Según el especialista del Ieepp, tomando en cuenta lo establecido en la Ley de Carrera Docente, los maestros despedidos han sido afectados bajo el margen de las causales de ley, “sin embargo, no se trata del asidero jurídico, hay que verlo desde la perspectiva de la calidad educativa: la memoria de la pedagogía docente ante sus años de experiencia y en la atención misma de los docentes, pues incide en la calidad con la que los estudiantes aprenden. Al despedirlos, el Gobierno atenta contra el interés superior de la niñez de recibir educación de calidad”, enfatizó Bonilla.

Bonilla también menciona como aspecto negativo, la falta de voluntad política del Gobierno para resolver la crisis por la vía pacífica, porque esto  afecta a todo el quehacer institucional, incluyendo al sistema educativo.

Como ejemplo, mencionó que desde el punto de vista presupuestario se aprecia la reducción del 25% para 2019 en el programa de desarrollo y formación profesional docente respecto a lo planificado.

“Esto quizás sea parte de la evidencia de que no se cuentan con los recursos para solventar la crisis y por eso los despidos”, manifestó Bonilla.

Además, consideró que la salida de muchos nicaragüenses al  extranjero debido a la violencia e inseguridad, representa una clara violación del derecho fundamental a la educación de todos a mediano y largo plazo, y representará una baja significativa en la tasa de escolaridad del país.

“Eso significa que el promedio de años de escolaridad real en la población de entre 6 y 21 años se reducirá como efecto de la diáspora nacional frente a la violencia contra la ciudadanía nicaragüense”, opinó Bonilla.

Transformación de escuelas

Alex Reyes Guevara, técnico de FEDH-IPN, consideró que hay muchos retos y desafíos para el sector, pero que es necesaria la transformación de las escuelas normales en institutos pedagógicos superiores, para elevar la calificación académica de los docentes, para pasar de una titulación de técnico medio a una de nivel de licenciatura, como requisito para impartir clases en Preescolar y Primaria, y de Maestría para Educación Secundaria.

“Tenemos a las puertas el 2019, el cuarto Estudio Regional Comparativo y Evaluativo para América Latina y el Caribe (ERCE 2019), en el que Nicaragua participa, aunque Nicaragua presentó mejoras en sus resultados, siguen siendo el menor avance en términos porcentuales, (aumentó 2%) y continúa por debajo de la media para la región”, precisó.

“Entonces, con menores días en el calendario escolar, la crisis migratoria y social del país, ponen en una posición bastante delicada al sistema educativo en Nicaragua”, detalla Alex Reyes.

Fuente de la noticia: https://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/479120-despidos-migracion-educacion-crisis-nicaragua/

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Ghana: Support robotics inspired science education to unleash Potentials – Foundation

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Africa/ Ghana/ 12.11.2018/ Source: www.ghanaweb.com.

Dr Yaw Okraku-Yirenkyi, the co-founder and Director for the Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation (GRAF), has urged government institutions and other stakeholders to requisitely support talented young ones in Engineering, to unbridle their hidden potentials in the country.

He advised the Government to prioritise Science, Technology and Engineering education among others because, they are meant to produce innovators for development.

Speaking at the 2018 Robotic Inspired Science Education Awards (RISE) Ceremony on Saturday, he said the programme was mainly focused on overcoming the teething challenges impeding the progress of the foundation.

He said the foundation as its mandate, was solely focused on systematically, addressing the problems being faced, with regard to contributions and funding from the Government, philanthropists and other stakeholders.

“Ghana Academy Robotics Academy Foundation wants to create problem-solvers, not just a handful but many”, he noted.

Dr Okraku-Yirenkyi said the Foundation was more focused on building poised innovators who could translate theories into useful outcomes, which can be used to solve real life problems in the country.

He reiterated the challenges facing the foundation, saying, the Government crucial role in supporting their modus operandi, cannot be overlooked, if the foundation is to achieve its aims and objectives.

“Without doubt, the Government has a role to play to effect the needed change, however, the GRAF cannot and will not just sit and wait for the Government to act”, he added.

He stated that the Foundation had been achieving its objectives by organising Robotics Inspired Science Education workshops, competitions and motivational sessions encouraging the establishment of Robotics clubs in neighbourhoods, churches, mosques and rallying to participate in national and international competitions such as RISE and the World Robot Olympiad (WRO).

Speaking on the achievements of the GRAF since the year 2011, he said about 80 students have had the opportunity to participate in international competitions and training camps.

“At least, 4 Rise students have gained admissions to top class universities in the United States of America through the programme”, Dr Okraku-Yirenkyi added.

He stressed on the need for financial support from stakeholders and other benevolent individuals to assist in sending out trainers.

He also urged them to consider linking the foundation to respective institutions, organisations, groups and individuals who are relishing the opportunity to help them to achieve their objectives.

The three most prestigious awards under the Autonomous Rescue Challenge (ARC) went to the Methodist Girls Senior High, Mamfe in the Eastern Region Under 21 years, Dayspring Montessori International School-Under 16 years and Right to Dream Academy-Under 12 years. Prempeh College, Opoku Ware School, Archbishop Porters Girls among others were also awarded in their respective categories. Dr Elsie Effah Kaufman, a Ghanaian Biomedical Engineer and the Quiz Mistress for the National Math and Science quiz was the guest of honour at ceremony.

 

Source of the notice: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Support-robotics-inspired-science-education-to-unleash-Potentials-Foundation-699690

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Turkey announces new education vision

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Asia/ Turkey/ 12.11.2018/ Source: www.aa.com.tr.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced a number of new benefits for Turkish teachers as well as a new series of regulations on Turkey’s schooling system as part of National Education Ministry’s «2023 vision».

«I believe that with the 2023 schooling vision we will reach the level we aim to attain in the field of education,» Erdogan said in the capital Ankara.

The year 2023 marks the centenary of the Republic of Turkey and the country’s 2023 Vision sets specific targets for improvements in the areas of economic activity, energy, healthcare, education, and transport.

Erdogan described the country’s teachers as «heroes who work devotedly anywhere that our flag flies».

The Turkish president said that kindergarten education would be compulsory in Turkey after necessary arrangements are completed.

He also announced that additional financial support will be given to schools.

«A number of measures will be taken to encourage our teachers working in underprivileged regions,» he added.

 

Source of the notice: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/todays-headlines/turkey-announces-new-education-vision/1290812

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