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Vietnam seeks early childhood education

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Vietnan/Junio de 2017/Fuente: Vietnam.net

Resumen: La Conferencia Internacional sobre la Educación de la Primera Infancia con el tema «Garantizar el acceso de todos los niños a una educación de primera infancia y preparación escolar», organizada conjuntamente por el Ministerio de Educación y Formación (MOET), el Banco Mundial y UNICEF, ha atraído a 290 participantes De 11 países, incluidos los Estados Unidos, Singapur, China, Australia, India, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Camboya y Laos. En la conferencia, el ministro de Educación y Formación Phung Xuan Nha dijo que la educación de la primera infancia (ECE) establece los primeros ladrillos para el desarrollo físico, intelectual y emocional de los niños. Conscientes de la importancia de la CEPE, la Parte y el Estado han prestado especial atención a la CEPE y, en los últimos años, han formulado numerosas políticas de la CEPE, dijo el Ministro Nha.

The International Conference on Early Childhood Education with the theme “Ensuring access of all children to quality early childhood education and school readiness”, jointly organised by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), the World Bank and the UNICEF, has attracted 290 participants from 11 countries including the US, Singapore, China, Australia, India, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Laos.

Speaking at the conference, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said that early childhood education (ECE) lays the first bricks for the physical, intellectual and emotional development of children.

Fully aware of the importance of ECE, the Party and the State have paid particular attention to ECE and in recent years, issuing many ECE policies, said Minister Nha.

Minister Nha expressed gratitude for the support from the World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO and other non-governmental organisations for ECE development in Viet Nam.

During the conference, speakers presented discussion papers on key ECE issues in the world and the region such as early childhood development and education policies and programmes, quality assurance conditions and inter-agency co-ordination.

Many Vietnamese and international experts shared experiences and practices related to the implementation of ECE in general and the enhancement of school readiness for children in particular.

Youssouf Abdel-Jelil, Representative of UNICEF in Viet Nam, said, “Investing in ECE is one of the most cost effective investments to ensure Viet Nam’s sustainable development”.

“Early interventions for young children help them achieve more success when they reach primary school and it improves their health and over all development. As adults, they will have better employment and higher earnings, better health, and they are less likely to depend on welfare,” he said.

Ousmane Dione, Country Director of the World Bank in Viet Nam, said that Viet Nam is strongly committed to education development.

“Through the universal early childhood education programme for five-year-old children, Viet Nam has ensured the right to at least one year pre-primary education for children, which is continued with primary and secondary education. However, we need to be more ambitious and should state that the right to education, just simply by sitting in the classrooms, is not enough. Education should be high quality to ensure that children can really learn,” he said.

Fuente: http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/education/180134/vietnam-seeks-early-childhood-education.html

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Germany’s youth – stuck in endless adolescence?

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Alemania/Junio de 2017/Fuente: Made for Minds

Resumen: En su libro best-seller «The Vanishing American Adult» del New York Times, el senador Ben Sasse de Nebraska advirtió sobre un joven en crisis, cada vez menos dispuesto y capaz de asumir la responsabilidad de sus vidas. Alemania ha estado viendo un desarrollo similar. La Asociación de Cámaras Alemanas de Comercio e Industria (DIHK) informó que los jóvenes aprendices son menos disciplinados y capaces de trabajar bajo presión. Josef Kraus, presidente de larga data de la Federación Alemana de Docentes (DL), ha señalado en repetidas ocasiones que los alemanes están criando una «generación incapaz», inmadura, carente de perseverancia. El psicólogo alemán, experto en educación y autor del libro Albert Wunsch, que tiene dos hijos y tres nietos, también ha estado observando esta tendencia con creciente preocupación.

In his New York Times bestselling book «The Vanishing American Adult,» Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse warned of a youth in crisis, increasingly less willing and able to take on responsibility for their lives.

Germany has been seeing a similar development. The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) reported that young trainees are less disciplined and able to work under pressure. Josef Kraus, longtime president of the German Teachers Federation (DL), has repeatedly pointed out that Germans are raising an immature, «incapable generation» lacking in perseverance.

German psychologist, education expert and book author Albert Wunsch – who has two sons and three grandchildren – has also been watching this trend with growing concern.

DW: In your book «The Pampering Trap,» you pointed out years ago that Germany’s youngsters were increasingly immature, increasingly unable to manage stressful situations – and spoiled. What has changed since then?

Dr. Albert Wunsch (Private photo)Young people are confronted with fewer and fewer of life’s realities

Albert Wunsch: For the past 20 years, we have been observing that children are increasingly not confronted with life’s realities. Children and adolescents are still, for the most part, spared, which then leads to the problem that one day, when real life does inevitably set in, they don’t know how to deal with it.

The parents are to blame, then – what is their main mistake?

The parents shy away from conflict. They appear to have factored out their duty of being the people their children must chafe against, must confront, and of guiding them into reality. Parents wanted to avoid conflicts and not take a stand because they were so worried they might come across as taking an authoritarian position. Many worry that if they act as authorities – which we, the adults, should do – that could be taken to mean authoritarian, and that in turn is equated with the far-right and Nazi ideology, so it is something to be avoided.

Today’s parents orient themselves much more strongly to their children than vice versa, they want to be their sons’ and daughters’ friends, which defeats the purpose.

What are children, teenagers and even young adults often incapable of that should be self-evident?

They don’t know how to persevere, and they want to have a lot of fun. They give up if they don’t see instant success: in tests at school and college, in math, science or music class, and in the field of sports. Children are increasingly pampered, hurdles are cleared out of the way all the time to make their lives easy. But when they reach a point where they have to face a challenge, they lack the ability and strength to deal with it. If people are underchallenged for a long time, they later feel objectively and subjectively overwhelmed.

«I made it:» The feeling when you have actually succeeded, you feel exhausted but happy – this is something they miss out on.

A teenage girl stand in the foreground while a group of four other girls is in the background - all have their arms crossed over their chests (picture alliance/blickwinkel/M. Begsteiger)Girls tend to study harder than boys, Wunsch said

Is this true for boys and girls alike?

Perhaps a bit more for boys. Girls’ social behavior differs, and they tend to study harder.

When young adults finally leave home – and many still live at home, more than their parent’s generation did – they must be truly overwhelmed?

When they do leave home, they often despair. My students tell me there are three major problems: the fridge doesn’t stock itself, the garbage doesn’t empty itself – and clothes don’t wash themselves. They have no idea about what things cost. People drop out of college, they get depressed: it can be really tough. Studies have shown that in Germany, 25 to 33 percent of college students drop out.

Isn’t the older generation always critical of the younger folks?

Sure, and that is an essential process. If the older and the younger generations are in conflict, the former must ask itself: are we doing this because we are older, and want to hang on to our ways, or can we actually «sell» what we think is important? A society has a good chance at survival if that skirmish works out well.

But many young people are permanently oriented mainly to their peers, so this debate between young and old and vice versa is no longer happening, there is no longer a transfer of values, which in turn leads to a widening gap between old and young.

That sounds like the threat of eternal adolescence.

Two adults help a kid cross over stones in a stream while hiking in the Alps (picture-alliance/blickwinkel/P. Royer)Parents shouldn’t aim to be their kids’ friends, Wunsch said

Yes, there is that tendency. Another thing: young people today don’t like to make decisions, firm commitments. When invited, a youngster is likely to hedge and say, I’ll see whether I can make it – because something better might crop up. They won’t commit, because then, they still, supposedly, have every option.

But that is not how life works. If you are constantly keeping open options, you can never do your present job satisfactorily. And despite all that, they feel self-sufficient and well-equipped for life. Self-perception and how others perceive them are worlds apart.

What do parents need to do to raise responsible, mature young men and women who don’t simply feel entitled?

Parents must truly acknowledge that it doesn’t take long to bring a child into this world, but that today, in a pluralistic society that is strongly influenced from the outside, it takes a lot to do a good job as a parent. You must concentrate on it! In order for them to realize what life is all about, children should be made to face the realities of life at a younger age. They must understand that you have to earn money before you can spend it , and that they can’t simply while away the day.

Fuente: http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-youth-stuck-in-endless-adolescence/a-39298497

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Fewer students are going to public secondary schools in Australia

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Australia/Junio de 2017/Fuente: The Conversation

Resumen: Es posible que haya escuchado recientemente que las escuelas públicas de Australia han experimentado un aumento en las inscripciones. El Sydney Morning Herald informó que las escuelas públicas de Australia han aumentado su participación en la matrícula, «invirtiendo una tendencia de cuarenta años». Un portavoz de la Oficina Australiana de Estadísticas dijo que era una «inversión de la tendencia constante» hacia las escuelas privadas.Esto es engañoso, por dos razones: En primer lugar, la población total en Australia ha aumentado, lo que ha dado lugar a un aumento de la matrícula para muchos sectores escolares. En total hay 1.28% más estudiantes (a tiempo completo) matriculados en las escuelas…

You may have heard recently that public schools in Australia have experienced increased enrolments.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that public schools in Australia have increased their share of enrolments, “reversing a forty-year trend”.

A spokesperson from the Australian Bureau of Statistics stated that it was a “reversal of the steady drift” towards private schools.

This is misleading, for two reasons:

First, the overall population in Australia has increased, which has resulted in increased enrolments for many schooling sectors. In total there are 1.28% more students (full-time) enrolled in schools.

Second, while enrolment in public and independent primary schools (excluding Catholic schools) has increased, enrolment in public secondary schools has decreased.

We have one of the highest levels of private school enrolment within the OECD, and our country also maintains the highest levels of private expenditure towards schools (contributions from households).

It is untrue that there is a reversal of the steady drift if we look at secondary schools.

As the more expensive constituent of schooling, and also the gateway to higher education, it is the secondary school where politics truly come to the fore.

When it comes to debates about funding and privatisation, the secondary school sector is far more entangled in the politics of choice.

When we are told that our public school enrolment is increasing, this may lead you to believe that our public schools are strong and healthy. This disguises the ugly truth that many of our public secondary schools are struggling, mainly due to an ongoing stream of policies that have attacked and undermined our public secondary schools.

By how much as public secondary school enrolments decreased?

Since 2010, the public secondary school has decreased its enrolments from 60% to 59.13%.

Since 2010, the average independent school has increased its share of enrolments from 18% to 18.39%.

These changes seem very minor, and when regarded in the context of population increases, are relatively insignificant.

However, when taken with a more longitudinal analysis, it is evident that the independent secondary school in Australia has continually bolstered its enrolment share.

The independent secondary school sector has experienced the largest proportional increase in enrolment from 1990 to 2016 (6.39%).

The government (public) school has recorded the largest proportional decrease during this same period (8.87%).

Evidently, there is a consistent pattern of growth within the independent sector and a consistent pattern of decline, in terms of enrolment levels, within the public sector.

It would be simplistic to argue that this is simply a matter of demand, rather than complicated by many other factors including economic, social and cultural shifts.

As education reforms bolstered funding for the private sector, enrolment levels in the private sector increased at a similar rate and time period.

Encouraging private school choice

The government has always played a role in encouraging particular consumer choices. This is no different for schooling.

Throughout the 1990s and beyond, public schools were consistently closed or merged across various states and territories. This undoubtedly establishes a sense of instability and volatility for the consumer.

Among the reasons cited for these closures was lack of enrolment numbers. Unlike private schools, public schools must consistently prove their economic feasibility. (This reason was strongly refuted by the public. In Victoria in the 1990s, it was described as “the biggest battle over education in more than a decade”.)

While the overall number of full-time secondary students grew, by 2011 the availability of public schools had declined.

The total percentage of public schools in Australia has decreased by 2%. On the other hand, the percentage of private schools has increased by 1% of the total number of schools.

We tend to widely accept privatisation of our schools. In Australia, the overall proportion of students in private schools is 35% ( but 41% in secondary school). This far outweighs the average OECD country, where 18% is the average number.

Compare this to the US, where approximately 8% of students attend private schools. In Canada, this percentage is even lower (approximately 6%), and lower again in countries such as New Zealand, Finland or Sweden.

We also have one of the highest percentages of private expenditure within the school sector. What this means is that we rely far more on a “user-pays” system than the average OECD country.

This is clearly problematic for those families with less capacity to pay.

This was noted in the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2016 report. When it comes to secondary schooling, for the majority of OECD countries, 90% of expenditure comes from government funds. But this wasn’t the case for Australia, Chile and Columbia, which “rely on over one-fifth of private expenditure at this level”.

While many other OECD countries do fund their private schools, they are also subject to a host of regulations.

When it comes to the funding private schools, Australia is classified as a “high funding and low regulation” country. In comparison to other OECD countries, private schools have little accountability in terms of how they spend their money.

Add to this a dominant cultural narrative around the superiority of private schooling, and you have a disturbing tide of privatisation in our secondary schools.

This tide of privatisation will only further entrench equity gaps for students from families who cannot afford to pay. It will also add to the household burden for those families struggling to pay their private school costs.

Fuente: http://theconversation.com/fewer-students-are-going-to-public-secondary-schools-in-australia-79425

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Enseñarán mandarín en las escuelas públicas de Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico/Junio de 2017/Fuente: Metro

En las escuelas públicas primarias y secundarias se dará clases de mandarín, como parte del Plan de Desarrollo Económico, dijo esta semana el secretario de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio, Manuel Laboy.

“No podemos hablar de bilingüismo. Ustedes saben que llevamos distintos meses hablando con grupos de inversión chino. Tenemos que aprender a hablar mandarín. Es insólito que en 2017 no estemos aprendiendo mandarín en K-12 y en la Universidad. Y les digo más, si para el 2020, nosotros no logramos introducir en los currículos de manera efectiva para que nuestros estudiantes estén aprendiendo mandarín, vamos a fracasar”, dijo el secretario durante la presentación del Plan  de Desarrollo Económico Integrado, en una actividad de Facultad de Administración de Empresas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.

“Hay que enseñar mandarín, tenemos que reforzar el inglés y tenemos que reforzar el español”, añadió.

Según Laboy, la secretaria del Departamento de Educación, Julia Keleher trabaja en el modelo a implantar para enseñar mandarín en las escuelas públicas.

El Plan  de Desarrollo Económico Integrado presentado por el secretario, incluye a la Universidad de Puerto Rico, en una visión comercial.

“Tenemos que reenfocar a la Universidad en lo que son investigación y desarrollo aplicado, para atender necesidades del mercado. En otras palabras, que esa investigación y ese desarrollo se pueda comercializar. También tenemos que internacionalizar la educación universitaria. Yo prefiero que lo haga la UPR, pero si no lo hace la UPR, tendrá que hacerlo las universidades privadas”, sentenció.

Cuestionado sobre en qué momento presentarán legislación que permita a la UPR reenfocar su visión a una empresarial, Laboy contestó que “es una conversación bastante dinámica y que requiere mucho enfoque constructivo, así que no le puedo decir para cuando se presentará legislación, pero si puedo asegurar que es una alta prioridad y  que se está avanzando en las discusiones”.

La propuesta incluye lograr la eliminación de varias restricciones federales y que se incluya a la Isla en otros programas de desarrollo económico. Asimismo, plantea proyectos de energía renovable y la revisión de los incentivos contributivos, para eliminar aquellos que no producen rendimiento.

“Tenemos que tener ahora un dialogo constructivo, con esos posibles sectores que se afecten. Para compartirles la data, los resultados y que tengan la oportunidad de debatirlos. La idea es que podamos validar. Una vez que validemos, que un incentivo es negativo para el fisco en términos de retorno de inversión, y de haber dialogado con todos los sectores, incluyendo la Legislatura y los municipios, entonces entramos en un proceso de legislación. Para eliminar algún incentivo que ya todo el mundo validó. A lo mejor podremos modificar algunos incentivos, pero otros se van a tener que eliminar. Ese proyecto lo queremos aprobado para diciembre de este año”, sentenció.

El fin, según el secretario, es no depender únicamente de un modelo económico, en especial el de los incentivos contributivos del gobierno federal.

Fuente: https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2017/06/16/ensenaran-mandarin-las-escuelas-publicas-puerto-rico.html

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Brasil propõe novo sistema de avaliação para educação básica no Mercosul

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Brasil/Junio de 2017/Fuente: Correio

Resumen: El ministro de Educación, Mendonça Filho, sugirió este viernes (16) que los países del Mercosur se reflejan en los métodos brasileños para unificar sus sistemas para evaluar la calidad de los indicadores de la educación básica. La propuesta fue hecha durante el encuentro de ministros de educación del bloque, celebrado en Buenos Aires. A los pares, Mendonça Filho defendió los criterios de evaluación desarrollados por el Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Educativas Anísio Teixeira (Inep), ligado al ministerio.

O ministro da Educação, Mendonça Filho, sugeriu nesta sexta-feira (16) que os países do Mercosul se espelhem nos métodos brasileiros para unificar seus sistemas para avaliar a qualidade dos indicadores da educação básica.

A proposta foi feita durante o encontro de ministros da educação do bloco, realizado em Buenos Aires.

Aos pares, Mendonça Filho defendeu os critérios de avaliação desenvolvidos pelo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), ligado ao ministério.

«O Inep tem grande expertise na avaliação da educação em termos de qualidade, com critérios que são cada vez mais consagrados internacionalmente e que, por certo, pode ser um espaço de intercâmbio de relacionamento na região», afirmou.

Participaram da reunião os representantes de Bolívia, Paraguai, Uruguai, Colômbia, Equador e Argentina.

Nesta sexta-feira, o Brasil assumiu a presidência pro tempore do Setor de Educação no Mercosul, posto rotativo e que será ocupado até o fim do ano.

Fuente: http://www.correio24horas.com.br/detalhe/brasil/noticia/brasil-propoe-novo-sistema-de-avaliacao-para-educacao-basica-no-mercosul/?cHash=968001ca542e34621339cd83c9041da2

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Canada eases entry for foreign researchers

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Canadá/Junio de 2017/Fuente: The Pie News

Resumen: Las universidades han acogido con beneplácito la inclusión de la exención de permiso de trabajo para estancias académicas de hasta 120 días en la estrategia, que también introduce el procesamiento acelerado de visas para algunas profesiones altamente calificadas. Los investigadores extranjeros que trabajen en proyectos en una institución financiadora con fondos públicos o institución de investigación afiliada serán elegibles para una estancia de 120 días en Canadá cada 12 meses. Y las universidades también podrán acceder a un canal de servicio dedicado que apoyará a los empleadores y brindará orientación sobre las solicitudes de visas para los talentos extranjeros.

Universities have welcomed the inclusion of the work permit exemption for academic stays of up to 120 days in the strategy, which also introduces expedited visa processing for some highly skilled professions.

Foreign researchers working on projects at a publicly funded degree-granting institution or affiliated research institution will be eligible for one 120-day stay in Canada every 12 months.

And universities will also be able to access a dedicated service channel that will support employers and provide guidance on visa applications for foreign talent.

“We must ensure that our country has the right people with the right skills so that it can grow”

The Global Skills Strategy, which came into force on June 12, aims to boost the Canadian economy by filling skills gaps with international talent.

“We must ensure that our country has the right people with the right skills so that it can grow,” commented Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Navdeep Bains.

“Our government will make it easier for companies to bring in highly skilled talent,” he added.

The inclusion of measures to help universities attract international talent demonstrates that “the federal government recognises the important role Canadian universities play in ensuring Canada can compete in the global research and innovation race”, according to Paul Davidson, president of Universities Canada.

“These measures will make Canadian universities even more attractive to the brightest minds in the world, building universities’ capacity to advance knowledge, foster innovation and build prosperity,” he added.

As well as the short term work permit exemption, the Global Skills Strategy aims to make it easier for employers to recruit highly skilled workers in certain fields such as computer engineering.

“Employers that are making plans for job-creating investments in Canada will often need an experienced leader, dynamic researcher or an innovator with unique skills not readily available in Canada to make that investment happen,” said Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.

“The Global Skills Strategy aims to give those employers confidence that when they need to hire from abroad, they’ll have faster, more reliable access to top talent.”

Fuente: https://thepienews.com/news/canada-scraps-work-permits-short-term-research-projects/

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Sudáfrica: At last Malawi Govt to employ teachers

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Sudáfrica/Junio de 2017/Fuente: Malawi 24

Resumen:  Sus esperanzas de conseguir empleo por parte del gobierno se rompieron y muchos profesores calificados emigraron a Sudáfrica, pero los que esperaron pueden permitirse una sonrisa como el Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología ha revelado que todo está establecido para tener a los profesores puestos para el trabajo. Hablando en un presser en Lilongwe el sábado, el ministro responsable Emmanuel Fabiano reveló que el gobierno planea reclutar maestros de posgrado en el país.

Their hopes of getting employed by government were shattered and many qualified teachers migrated to South Africa, but those who waited can afford a smile as Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has disclosed that all is set to have the teachers posted for work.

Speaking at a presser in Lilongwe on Saturday, minister responsible Emmanuel Fabiano disclosed that government plans to recruit graduate teachers in the country.

Junior Certificate of Education

Emmanuel Fabiano says Govt set to recruit the teachers.

The minister added that graduate teachers must go and check their names at district education offices in their areas and signing for the offer letters is from June to July.

He added further that the newly recruited teachers are not allowed to request for transfers arguing this will compromise efforts of reducing workload on some teachers in rural set up of the country.

Government was reported to have been shunning employing teachers in the country arguing the country’s economic status could not have allowed recruitment.

The development witnessed Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) faulting government for not employing teachers amid reports of shortage of teachers in Malawi.

Concurring with TUM, various education stockholders blamed government over the development arguing it was a waste of resources training the teachers without giving them jobs.

The delay witnessed many qualified teachers going to South Africa for jobs for their survival.

Fuente: https://malawi24.com/2017/06/18/at-last-malawi-govt-to-employ-teachers/

 

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