The Government of Buenos Aires made official on Tuesday its adherence to the program to extend the educational day in state-run primary schools created by the Ministry of Education, with which more than 650 schools in the province will add one hour of daily classes and another 261 will spend the day simple to complete.
It did so through resolution 2502 published in the Official Gazette of the district, where it was indicated that in those additional hours Language Practices, Mathematics and Sciences will be taught.
“The transformation from Single Day to Full Day will be carried out prioritizing those schools with socio-educational vulnerability”, was indicated in the measurement.
The measure reaches 25.1% of state schools that until now had a simple day and 23% of enrollment
In this first stage, the measure reaches 25.1% of state schools that until now had a simple day and 23% of enrollment.
Thus, impacts urban and rural schools in 120 Buenos Aires municipalitiesboth in the metropolitan area and in the interior.
Based on this, by the end of 2023, 40 more days of classes will have been added to the 190 scheduled in the annual calendar.
In the resolution, it was emphasized that “the extension of the day to 25 hours of weekly classes will be carried out in all state-managed single-day schools in a position to implement said extension.”
It was indicated that the Provincial Directorate of Primary Education and the Undersecretary of Planning will have the payroll of educational establishments that will extend their working day to 25 hours per week and it was detailed that this payroll “will be incremental, incorporating schools to it at different times.”
“The additional 5 hours per week will be used primarily to strengthen written production, reading comprehension and mathematical and scientific practice,” it was stressed.
In the fundamentals, it was recalled that “longer class time contributes positively to the probability of promoting the year of study and the acquisition of learning, strengthening the educational trajectories of students at the primary level.”
By the end of 2023, 40 more days of classes will have been added to the 190 scheduled in the annual calendar
In addition, it was indicated that “the extension of schooling time should be considered as a pedagogical opportunity to deepen the contents of the level so as to incorporate others that are significant.”
In the province of Buenos Aires, Full-time Primary Level schools last 8 hours a day; in an organization of 8 modules of 60 minutes each.
In primary schools with an extension to 25 hours per week, the incorporation of the additional 5 hours of classes per week will be used for the teaching of Language Practices, Mathematics and Science.
Buenos Aires signed the agreement with the Nation on September 26and there are already 17 provinces that have adhered to the measure promoted by the Ministry of Education to guarantee a minimum floor of 25 hours per week in primary schools, which implies 38 more days of class per year.
The other 16 jurisdictions that began to implement one more hour of class per day in primary schools are Tucumán, Santa Cruz, Chaco, Catamarca, Entre Ríos, Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, Salta, Santa Fe, Corrientes, Río Negro, Formosa, Jujuy, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, Mendoza, and Córdoba.
