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THE TUNISIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM GOES DIGITAL: A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO EMPOWER FUTURE GENERATIONS

THE TUNISIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM GOES DIGITAL: A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO EMPOWER FUTURE GENERATIONS. Héla Bergaoui Nafti hela.nafti@yahoo.fr Ministry of Education Hammamet, May26,2010.

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THE TUNISIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM GOES DIGITAL: A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO EMPOWER FUTURE GENERATIONS

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  1. THE TUNISIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM GOES DIGITAL: A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO EMPOWER FUTURE GENERATIONS Héla Bergaoui Nafti hela.nafti@yahoo.fr Ministry of Education Hammamet, May26,2010

  2. « Schools will endeavour to provide quality education for all learners…. develop their gifts and skills,help them acquire ICT competencies and apply them in various fields ». Education Act,July 2002

  3. THE TUNISIAN EDUCATION SYSTEMBackground and context From quantitative teaching to quality education 1958:1st major reform in education laid the foundations of a national educational system open to all Tunisians. 1991: turned towards the future: compulsory and free schooling & a new strucure in secondary education 2002: quality education for all

  4. ASSESTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM 1. Full free and compulsoryschooling to all children and absolutegenderequality : Schooling rate in 2009: 6-yearolds :99,2% boys/99,2% girls 2.Training of highly-qualifiedteachers:freetraining to all teachers 3. Schools in all parts of the country, even in the mostremote areas.

  5. WHY INTEGRATE ICT IN EDUCATION IN TUNISIA? • Take part in the digital revolution • Foster a digital culture • Boostcreativity • Help involve mixed-abilitylearners • Economize efforts • Integratelearnerswithlearningdifficulties/withdisabilities • Is inclusive :helpsfightschool dropout • Meet the needs of the labour market

  6. ICT :A NEW PEDAGOGY • Empowersstudents : constructtheirknowledge • Studentslearn to learn: a tool and practices to best use fantasticwealth of information on the Net • Studentsdevelopcommoncompetencies: criticalthinking, collaborative work, project-basedlearningthrough the use of ICT. • Curriculum based on the values of tolerance, global citizenship, connectedness • Opens onto other cultures: Communities of learners

  7. A STRATEGIC CHOICE • The Ministry of Education has set up a comprehensive long-termstrategy : - Hugeinvestments : standards of quality - A vision : infrastructure, equipment, humanresources, curricula, content - No childleftbehind: gifted and underprivileged: pioneerschools and priority area schools - Mechanisms for sustainability

  8. IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY PILOTING PHASE TRAINING ALL TEACHERS TEACHING ALL STUDENTS

  9. EQUIPMENT • Schools are equipped with : • -computer labs: about 2000 • -language labs: about 1460 • Interactive white boards : piloted in 1st grade secondary education in science, generalized next year

  10. INFRASTRUCTURE • INBMI :institut National de bureatique et micro-informatique • CNIPRE :Centre National Innovation pedagogique et de recherche en éducation • CENAFFE: Centre National de formation des formateurs en education • CNP:Centre national pédagogique • CREFOC:centre régional de formation continue

  11. AVAILABLE RESOURCES EDUNET: National educationalwebsite • wide range of services and information for teachers students and staff Online enrolment, results of national exams, contests virtualschool :distance learning, tutoring • various services: online library,lessonplans,articles • Moodle : a site for exchanges • TNELT : English Languageteachers network :www.edunet.tn/tnelt EDUSERV: school management programme

  12. EDUSERV

  13. Réseau Education Technique

  14. HUMAN RESOURCES • 68.000 primary school teachers 55% are female teachers • 75.000teachers in middle schools and secondary education 38.000 female teachers and 36.000 are male teachers

  15. TRAINING • This year, a diploma 2CI ( Certificat de Compétences en Informatique) • Out of the 150.000 teachers ,136.000 have been/ are being trained in ICT as a tool,not as a subject matter • Free training, according to teachers’ availability, delivered by professional trainers (Senior trainers and Master trainers trained in partnership with an international pioneer company)and meeting international standards

  16. DIGITAL PRODUCTION • Digital tools to match curricula in manysubjects: -at the level of primaryeducation -at the level of middle schools -in somesubjects in secondaryeducation in Science • For languagelabs :digital content isbeingproduced by teams of inspectors and skilledteachers

  17. Achievements……but also challenges • Equipment, tools but teachers need to adhere to ICT • Best practices need to be disseminated • Digital production has to increase • It takes time to change mentalities • Embedded culture • Develop networks • Foster partnerships

  18. TODAY LEARNER TOMORROW CITIZEN • ICT is a great tool but has to be considered mostly as a new way of approaching education and empowering young generations with 21st century skills

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