After a meeting between the Minister of Education, Maruja Gorday de Villalobos, and the President of the Board of Directors of the National Council of Private Enterprise (CoNEP), Rubén Castillo, the current situation of the educational sector and schools was announced, after its opening in March.
In this meeting they highlighted the importance of virtual classes and how necessary it is to keep students in face-to-face classes; In addition, the educational sector must be supported in this action, which is very positive.
The minister explained the progress made in different areas such as infrastructure, the CON Escuelas program, educational plans, the Ester platform and the mitigation of Covid-19. She emphasized the improvements made to schools, the installation of drinking water, the progress made in the eradication of ranch schools and the installation of modular classrooms in the Guna Yala and Ngäbe Buglé districts.
With regard to the learning recovery plan, an ecosystem of tools was developed, in conjunction with the curricular areas, to support and accompany, in a timely manner, teachers and schools in the process of returning to face-to-face classes and recovery of learning during the pandemic, explained the educational authorities.
The minister pointed out that a series of tools were introduced on the Ester platform that favor autonomous learning and record the traceability of the student’s progress, which helps to monitor both the educator and establish goals for the students.
The meeting reported on the delivery of 43,800 guidance and training guides on sexuality and affectivity education for facilitators and teachers. The timely delivery of the items corresponding to the Fund for Equity and Quality of Education (FECE), whose deposits amount to 81.3 million balboas, was highlighted.
To date, the Minister of Education reiterated, 127 educational centers have been intervened with an investment of B/.544 million, 200 ranch classrooms have been eradicated, 204 classrooms have been remodeled and 386 classrooms have been built with an investment of 109 million balboas. .
The second phase of the Study Without Hunger program is carried out in 273 educational centers of the Beehive Plan. In socio-emotional aspects, the socio-emotional support guides were distributed to all sectors of the educational community and 56 life skills development guides were delivered to students with intellectual hearing disabilities, which includes schoolchildren from the IPHE educational programs. .
