The Government has to assist more than 1.8 million students who had problems studying in a pandemic

09/14/2021 21:44

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Updated 9/14/2021 9:44 PM

The Government confirmed that it

has to assist more than 1,800,000

initial, primary and secondary school students who had problems studying during the pandemic.

The data was reported on Tuesday by the Minister of Education, Nicolás Trotta, who presented the progress of the "Accompany: Bridges of Equality" program, whose objective is to ensure the permanence of students and

promote the return of those who interrupted schooling

during the time in the one that the classrooms were closed.

The national educational portfolio reported through a statement that the main objective of the program is "to go in search of those students

whose educational trajectories have been affected by the pandemic

and ensure their permanence in the educational system."

With that goal, they added, more than

$ 2 billion

was invested

.

"This program promotes the presence of the school in the community by deploying different initiatives through articulated work between state spaces or civil society organizations at all educational levels. In this way

, real opportunities are generated for all students of the country,

"explained Minister Trotta.

As detailed by the Ministry, the program has more than

10,900 teachers

who work in 16,000 schools and 2,500 community spaces.

"The Comprehensive Approach Plan has four lines of action: accompaniment to educational trajectories, school reengagement, permanence in schooling at compulsory levels and graduation from the level studied," they pointed out from the educational portfolio.

Reportedly, of the more than 1.8 million students who required

attendance,

54% belongs to the secondary level, 40% to the primary level and 6% to the initial level

.

According to data published in December 2020,

450,000 high school students had had no or insufficient school participation

, of which 190,000 had no contact with the school.

"We define the program politically and pedagogically as closeness, because what must happen within the framework of Accompany is a very careful and laborious pedagogical work. Now, what we have ahead of us is to deepen the actions that are underway to advance in a more precise characterization of the population that, within this universe, needs greater accompaniment as singularities, "said the Secretary of Education, Marisa Díaz.

With information from Télam

LM

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