Haiti - Education : Priorities of ICTs in education
Last Friday, the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), held at the Hotel Montana, the second thematic workshop to identify priorities for the strategy of Information Technology and Communication for Education (ICTE) around the theme "ICTE for the strengthening of pre-school education, basic and secondary."
This workshop brought together national and international experts, technical and financial partners, civil society members, directors, executives and technicians of the MENFP, took place in the context of an effort to formulate and implement a policy and an ICT strategy and awareness the stakeholders on the necessity to have a coordinated strategy and develop a common strategic vision of the future of education and the use of ICTs.
"Opportunities and challenges of teaching and preschool, primary and secondary learning" ; "Role of ICTE in early childhood education, basic and secondary" ; define the strategic pillars of ICTs by level of education ; develop key objectives of each pillar ; formulate programs of implementation and strengthen existing programs or implement additional programs were the main themes and issues discussed during this one-day workshop.
In her speech, Mrs. Irvika Francis, Unit Coordinator of the Information Technology and Communication for Education (UTICE) noted that ICTE played a highly important role in the Operational Plan (2010 - 2015) of the Ministry. Explaining that the ICTE had been identified as a means to strengthen three important components in the areas of intervention of the Ministry : the information management of the education sector ; access and quality of teaching and learning ; strengthening of the capacities of stakeholders in the system.
For his part, Karl Fleurant Rood, who spoke on behalf of the Director General of the MENFP, insisted on the contribution of the school project of a society of information and communication for all, by initiating actions to generalize the use and development of digital resources for education in a society whose technological environment is constantly changing.
