What can be done to
better education in Haiti? (Emmanuel W. VEDRINE) March 2006 |
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This is what I would suggest: everyone who wants to bring some changes in education in Haiti, let’s try to form a big block by building an e-mail list (it can be sent directly to me to manage it and keep track of everything being sent to it). We can also track down other people’s e-mails (who participate in some forums related to Haiti who have talked about the issue). That’s a way to start organizing ourselves and to participate actively. I think the internet gives us such a great opportunity to do so much for Haiti in a wink of time (if we really have good will). Haiti desperately needs a brand new curriculum and one that is practical also. Let’s discuss what should be included in that curriculum (to avoid all jakorepèt (‘the banking system’, according to the Brazilian philosopher, Paulo Freire), but instead enable students to develop critical and creative thinking. It’s also important to do a synthesis of the French, Canadian an American curriculum (by taking the cream of the crop from these three and adopt it for schools in Haiti). Instead of attending secondary school for 7 years in Haiti, with a good curriculum, the Minister of Education can reduce that to six years by making some courses optional instead of having them as mandatory courses. For instance, students don’t really have to take Latin, Greek, and some blab bla bla course (early on). As a matter of fact, some courses should be have been taken when students enter a particular SECTION (A, B, C, D). That way, students could have a better focus in their chosensection. I mention these two language courses as just as example; we can also cite some courses in other areas. They are NOT going to help students mastering French, English, and Spanish (the main foreign languages that all students in Haiti should have mastered at the end of the secondary cycle). In the British system, students attend secondary schools for 5 years; in the American one, 4 years. Now, what qualification do most students in Haiti have (at the end of the secondary school cycle) in order to function at any university abroad with no problem? There comes the issue of a practical education that also appears here! THE INTERNET – Thanks God! It helps me so much as a writer / researcher. I believe that those of us who really want to make real changes in Haiti (by talking less) can do so much. We can make available online all the materials that are being used in schools in Haiti in a wink of time, and SCAN some other important materials also. That way, even if students don’t have all the books needed, they can go to cyber cafes to read /copy them. CYBER CAFES are quite important in the development of Haiti to connect our students with the whole world and to enable them to do online research. Let’s encourage their creation throughout Haiti. Of course some of us may propose a better curriculum to the Minister of Education. BUT, will they make it work? That's another question. Once most people in Haiti enter Politics or have a government job, most of them become businessmen instead of being servants of the Haitian people. At the same time, those of us who dare to bring changes to our native country should think of alternatives (other ways of helping and by grouping ourselves we can succeed in making our dreams come true). Also, let’s try to make some of our writings (in French, Creole, and English) available online to help teachers and students in Haiti. I am so glad to have done that already
Kisa ki ka fèt pou amelyore edikasyon an(n) Ayiti? (Emmanuel W. VEDRINE) Mas 2006 Men sa m ta sijere: chak moun ki vle pote kèk chanjman nan edikasyon an(n) Ayiti, ann fòme yon blòk kote nou kapab vini ak yon lis imel (mwen kapab resevwa yo dirèkteman pou kenbe dosye tout sa yo voye ban mwen). Nou kapab al dèyè imel yon seri moun (ki patisipe nan kèk fowòm sou Ayiti ki trete sijè sa a). Se fason nou kapab kòmanse òganize nou epi patisipe aktivman. Mwen panse entènèt la ban nou yon avantay bab e moustach pou fè anpil bagay pou Ayiti san bat je (si nou reyèlman gen bòn volonte). Ayiti swaf yon korikilòm tounèf e youn ki pratik tou. Ann diskite kisa ki ta dwe ladan l tou (pou evite fè jakorepèt (Paulo Friere, yon filozòf brezilyen rele an(n) anglè «the banking system», yon sistèm kote anseyan jis boure tèt elèv la) men pou rann elèv la kapab pou l devlope panse kritik e kreyatif. Li enpòtan pou n ta fè yon sentèz korikilòm peyi Lafrans, Kanada, Etazini (kote nou ka pran sa ki pi bon ladan l epi adopte l pou lekòl Ayiti). Olye pou elèv la ta pase 7 ane nan nivo segondè, avèk yon bon jan korikilòm, Ministè Edikasyon Nasyonal, kapab redui l a sis ane kote elèv te ka pran kèk kou kòm opsyon olye pou ta genyen yo kòm kou obligatwa. Pa egzanp, elèv pa ta bezwen pran kou tankou laten, grèk ak kèk lòt kou pèdi tan (byen bonè). Anfèt, elèv te dwe pran kèk nan kou sa yo lè yo antre nan yon SEKSYON patikilye (A, B, C, D). Konsa, elèv la ta konsantre pi byen nan seksyon l chwazi a. Mwen mansyone de (2) lang sa yo jis kòm egzanp; nou ka site kèk kou nan lòt domèn. An palan de laten, grèk, sa pa pral ede elèv metrize fransè, angle, ak panyòl (lang etranje kle ke tout elèv Ayiti te dwe metrize nan fen sik elemantè a). Nan sistèm britanik lan, elèv yo pase 5 ane nan sik segondè a; Ozetazini, yo pase 4 ane. Kounyeya, ki kalifikasyon pifò elèv Ayiti genyen (lè yo fin konplete sik segondè a)? Koze edikasyon pratik la parèt tèt li la a ankò! ENTÈNÈT LA – Mèsi Bondye! Li ede m anpil kòm ekriven / chèrchè. Mwen panse nou menm ki vle reyèlman pote chanjman tout bon Ayiti (kote n ka pale mwens) kapab fè anpil bagay. Nou kapab mete sou entènèt la tout materyèl y ap itilize nan lekòl Ayiti san bat je, epi ESKANE kèk materyèl enpòtan tou. Konsa, menm si elèv pa ta gen tout liv yo bezwen, yo ta kapab ale nan saybè kafe (cyber cafes) pou li / kopye yo. SAYBÈ KAFE yo trè enpòtan nan devlopman Ayiti pou konekte tout elèv ak lemonn antye epi sa ba yo aksè pou fè rechèch sou entènèt la. Ann ankouraje kreyasyon yo tribòbabò an(n) Ayiti. San oken dout, anpil nan nou ta pwopoze yon pi bon korikilòm a Ministè Edikasyon Nasyonal. MEN, èske yo ta pran l an konsiderasyon pou aplike l? Sa se yon lòt kesyon. Yon fwa pifò moun Ayiti antre nan politik oubyen gen yon dyòb gouvènman, pifò ladan yo tounen biznismann. An menm tan tou, nou menm ki deside pote chanjman nan peyi natifnatal la dwe panse a altènatif (lòt fason pou ede e lè nou gwoupe nou ansanm, nou kapab reyalize rèv nou). Annou eseye mete tou kèk nan sa n ekri (an fransè, kreyòl ou anglè) disponib sou entènèt la pou ede anseyan / elèv Ayiti. Mwen kontan anpil dèske mwen fè sa deja
Emmanuel W. Védrine
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