Conference on Statistics recommends sharing of technological resources

Luanda – The promotion of the sharing of technological, laboratory, pedagogical and sports resources, among the Ministries of Education of the Member States of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), is part of the recommendations issued by the II International Conference on the Statistics Offices of Education.

The event took place in Luanda, from the 16th to the 18th of August, with the goal of presenting the status of the production of statistics and the main indicators of education in the community.

It also recommended the creation of adequate conditions for data collection in schools, in order to support the teaching and learning processes and evaluation.

It was also evident the need for the Ministries of Education of the Member States to guarantee the conditions of accessibility and permanence of students in schools so that they adapt to the process of integration and inclusion, avoiding the categorization and differentiation of students.

With regard to the Project for the Recovery and Acceleration of Schools in Regular Education (PRAEER), they concluded that Angola can implement using bilingual classes, depending on the specificities of each province.

Therefore, it was recommended the need to strengthen teacher training in order respond to the learning challenges of students enrolled in PRAEER classes.

Among other matters, it was also recommended, the creation of specific services for the collection and processing of statistical data in schools.

At the end of the conference, the Minister of Education of Angola, Luísa Grilo, said that the meeting generated the expected results, underlining the need of joint efforts to comply with the recommendations.

With regard to the Round Table, the activities to be carried out within the framework of the Work Plan (2022-2024) of the Group of National Experts on the Production of Education Statistics of the CPLP, for the continuous improvement of statistical production, were presented.

In this regard, the experts must approve the 2022-2024 work plan by August 28, 2023.

The CPLP includes Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor.

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