Montevideo, 25 August 2022 (TDI): The guiding session for the development of digital content for teachers commenced in Montevideo, Casi Humaita on Tuesday. The session will end on August 26.
👉🏻Impulsada por el #MEC, @Miticpy y @KOICA_Paraguay
📌Las mismas se desarrollarán hasta el 26 del corriente, de 8:00 a 15:00 horas, en el local del CEPAI.
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— MECpy (@MECpy) August 23, 2022
The purpose of the initiative is to enhance teachers’ capacity in the digital domain. Correspondingly, 30 Paraguayan teachers in charge of Spanish, history, mathematics, and Guarani are attending the session.
During the session, teachers will learn the digital content development process, pedagogical design, and script writing method. Kang Byung Seok, a Korean expert in educational content production is heading the session.
Inician capacitaciones a docentes en elaboración de contenidos digitales para la enseñanza https://t.co/Foj5FcvsGr
— KOICA Paraguay (KOICA 파라과이) (@KOICA_Paraguay) August 24, 2022
Guiding Session for Teachers
The guiding session for the development of digital content is being held at the premises of CEPAI, Paraguayan Center for Inclusion Support. The center is located in Montevideo at 830 Casi Humaitá.
The initiative will help teachers of the Third Cycle of Basic School Education. It is within the framework of the “Project to Improve Accessibility to Education through the Establishment of the Multimedia Education Support Center of Paraguay”.
El martes 23 de agosto del corriente, en el marco del “Proyecto de mejora de la accesibilidad a la educación mediante el establecimiento del Centro de Apoyo a la Educación Multimedia”, se celebró una ceremonia de apertura de formación para producción de contenido pic.twitter.com/bPAzYHxjlk
— KOICA Paraguay (KOICA 파라과이) (@KOICA_Paraguay) August 24, 2022
During the session, teachers will learn about the development and use of digital materials that allow self-learning.
Consequently, it will reintegrate adolescents into the Third Cycle (7th, 8th, and 9th grades). Moreover, the related materials are also broadcasted on television in order to guarantee their reach.
Organizers of the Session
The session is organized by the Ministry of Education and Sciences (MEC) and the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication (MITIC).
Moreover, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) also collaborated with the ministries in organizing the session.
KOICA is a Korean government agency. It is a global development cooperation organization to realize global values and create mutual prosperity. The agency maximizes the effectiveness of South Korea’s grant aid programs for developing countries.
The agency also focuses on implementing SDGs, strengthening partnerships with developing states, and enhancing the local ownership of beneficiaries.
코이카는 앞으로도 파라과이 교사들의 교육 콘텐츠 제작 역량 강화를 위한 활동을 지속적으로 지원하겠습니다. 양질의 교육 콘텐츠 개발을 만들어갈 파라과이 교사들에게도 많은 응원 부탁드립니다!
— KOICA Paraguay (KOICA 파라과이) (@KOICA_Paraguay) August 24, 2022
Aim of the Initiative
The goal is to create self-instructional materials in order to have flexibility and self-learning dynamics for all.
Moreover, the program also helps in reinserting adolescents and young people who are not following their studies in the Third Cycle into the National Educational System.
Furthermore, the initiative will promote the presence of Educational TV in all homes. Consequently, this will allow retaining those students of Basic School Education (7th, 8th, and 9th grades) who are at risk of abandoning their studies.
