As part of the activities included in the planning for the 2025 school year, the Ministry of National Education is increasing the number of training sessions for public school principals nationwide, members of the Basic Schools of Practice/Pedagogical Support Center (EFACAP) networks, and beneficiaries of the Promoting a More Equitable, Sustainable, and Safer Education (PROMESSE) project, funded by the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education.

Since September 8, the Ministry's Training and Development Directorate has brought together 165 public school principals at two locations in Miragoâne (Nippes) and Jacmel (Southeast) for a seminar on the use of the "Single Book" (Livre unique) and the "Teach Primary" tool. These training sessions are led by Pedagogical Advisors and staff from the Pedagogical Support Services (SAP).

At the launch of this activity, Yves Roblin, Director General of the Ministry, emphasized the importance for school principals to thoroughly master the content of this textbook, which they will be required to use every day in class.

Roblin highlighted the government's ongoing efforts to provide every student in grades 1 to 2 of primary school with a copy of this textbook, which covers five disciplines: Creole, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Experimental Sciences, and Oral Communication. With the exception of this last subject, the others are written in Creole to facilitate children's introduction to school in their mother tongue.

Claudin St-Jour, Head of the Curriculum Department within the Fundamental Education Directorate of the Ministry of National Education, discussed "Teach Primary" a structured observation protocol developed by the World Bank to evaluate and improve teaching practices. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41758-haiti-teach-primary-a-new-tool-for-observing-the-work-of-teachers-in-classrooms.html It is a digital tool that can facilitate the objective observation of what is actually happening in classrooms with regard to teaching and learning. It is already being tested in more than forty countries.

According to the World Bank, "Teach Primary holistically measures what happens in a classroom. The tool achieves this by taking into account not only the time spent on learning, but also the quality of teaching practices." In addition, the tool takes into account teaching practices that contribute to students' cognitive and socio-emotional skills.

To learn more about Teach Primary, visit : https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/education/brief/teach-helping-countries-track-and-improve-teaching-quality

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41758-haiti-teach-primary-a-new-tool-for-observing-the-work-of-teachers-in-classrooms.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-40209-icihaiti-education-distribution-of-thousands-of-unique-books.html

HL/ S/ HaitiLibre