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UNESCO and other education stakeholders deliver the report of the Council for Educational Reactivation to the Minister of Education of Chile
The report of recommendations from the Council for Educational Reactivation contains 18 proposals.
After almost 6 months of coordinated work, UNESCO and 22 other members of the Council for Educational Reactivation presented their recommendations report to the Minister of Education, Marco Antonio Ãvila, on Monday, June 12, in a ceremony at the National Library of Chile, in support of the Educational Reactivation Plan promoted by the Ministry of Education.
The Council, introduced in January of this year by the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, is a cross-cutting body composed of representatives from civil society organizations, academia, educational communities, and United Nations agencies, aimed at contributing to the reactivation of the educational system and addressing the effects of the pandemic.
The recommendations report from the Council for Educational Reactivation contains 18 proposals, articulated around the three axes of the Educational Reactivation Plan: coexistence and mental health, strengthening of learning, and attendance and re-engagement.
Among the mentioned actions, it is worth highlighting: the coordination and commitment of different government bodies; ensuring the strengthening of learning pathways so that children can acquire essential knowledge; ensuring the training of teachers in mental health matters; investing extraordinary resources in the next national budget; strengthening diagnostic and monitoring systems to provide regular and timely information to educational institutions; and developing communication campaigns to promote reading and writing, among other measures.
Claudia Uribe, Director of the Regional Office of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean at UNESCO, explained that the work of this body was guided by "a series of concrete guidelines to continue advancing, such as the urgency with which we must address the issue of educational reactivation after the pandemic, and one of the central messages is that reactivation must involve the whole country."
These statements are in line with UNESCO's role as the technical secretariat, bringing together different voices that reflect a collective objective to strengthen education in Chile, in order to reduce educational gaps, address injustices, and transform the future. "We need shared efforts to address the educational crisis, accept diversity and differences, reflect together, and implement concrete actions, ensuring the right to education," said the UNESCO representative in Chile.
"I deeply appreciate each member of the Council for this collective effort to reach cross-cutting agreements on such an important issue as education. This work is an example of what we can achieve when we place children and adolescents at the center of public policy," said Marco Antonio Ãvila, Minister of Education of Chile, who explained that they will provide responses to the Council after studying these recommendations.
Members of the Council for Educational Reactivation:
- José GarcÃa Ruminot, representative of the Education Commission of the Senate, previously represented by Senator Yasna Provoste.
- Gaspar Rivas, representative of the Education Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, previously represented by Deputy Juan Santana.
- Claudia Uribe, Director of the Regional Office of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean of UNESCO in Chile.
- Paolo Mefalopulos, representative of UNICEF in Chile.
- Ignacio Briones, former Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Board of the Horizontal Studies Center.
- Adriana Delpiano, former Minister of Education, Minister of National Assets, and Director of the National Women's Service.
- Ricardo DÃaz, President of the National Association of Regional Governors.
- Carolina Leitao, Mayor and President of the Chilean Municipalities Association (ACHM).
- Gustavo Alessandri, Mayor and President of the Association of Municipalities of Chile (AMUCH).
- Jaime Escudero, Mayor and President of the Association of Rural Mayors of Chile.
- Rosa Devés, Rector of the University of Chile.
- Ignacio Sánchez, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
- Juan Mansilla, President of the Council of Deans of Education Faculties of CRUCH (Confauce).
- Carlos DÃaz, President of the Teachers' Association of Chile.
- MarÃa Victoria Peralta, National Prize for Education Sciences and President of the Integra Foundation.
- Pedro DÃaz, President of the Federation of Private Education Institutions (FIDE).
- Hernán Herrera, President of the National Corporation of Private Schools of Chile (Conacep).
- Pedro LarraÃn, Executive Director of the Belén Educa Foundation.
- VÃctor Reyes, Principal of the Bicentennial Polivalent School of San Nicolás.
- Iván Salinas, representative of the Nodo XXI Foundation and researcher at the CIAE of the University of Chile.
- Marcela Marzolo, representative of the alliance of civil society organizations "Acción Colectiva por la Educación" (Collective Action for Education).
- Carolina Andueza, representative of the alliance of civil society organizations "Por un Chile que Lee" (For a Reading Chile).
- Angeline Morgado, President of the Civil Society Council of the Ministry of Education, composed solely of students.
To review the full report of the Council for Educational Reactivation, visit:
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