The Deputy Minister of Education, Silvina Gvirtz, highlighted the value of having restarted with the policy of delivery of computers through the Connect Equality plan “because it changes the teaching dynamics of the entire secondary school” and assured that they are finished connecting to the Internet ” to all the schools in the country, it is there the modernization of the middle level “.
“We have returned to a program Connect Equality of delivery of computers, which must become State policy, so that it is not dismantled again,” said Gvirtz and assured that in this way “the whole dynamics of the secondary school changes, that students need to become digitally literate. “
The official, in statements by Radio Cooperativa, stressed that “it is not the same to learn with a pencil and a blackboard than with programs like Avogadro or Geogebra. Seeing the atom models is better than just showing that water is H20”
And he announced that “we are finishing connecting all the schools. We have called for bids for the connection of 30,000 throughout the country, we are working with ARSAT for it. It is through there the modernization, we know that it will not be done overnight. , it is also necessary to improve the teaching strategies of teachers “.
Gvirtz specified that all levels of education are a priority and stressed that at the initial and primary level “we work to ensure that each of the children has textbooks, mainly the areas of language and mathematics, to work on strengthening learning and teaching in these areas. “
For the civil servant in the initial level it is fundamental “to begin to become literate with books, literacy begins at that level”.
Regarding a law to change the training of teachers, Gvirtz assured that “we are not waiting for any law to start working on training, we have the tools to do so.”
“We must emphasize digital literacy, strengthening science teaching and other problems that the system tackles across the board, such as grooming, bullying, and bullying, and in this, teacher training is key,” Gvirtz said.
