[News] Schoolchildren will not approve the year automatically, clarifies the Minister of Education

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The Minister of Education, Martín Benavides, clarified this Friday that schoolchildren will not approve the year automatically, as it was announced days ago.

He specified that there are learning that has been achieved in schoolchildren, but others not -mainly in the more traditional areas such as communication and mathematics- so the Ministry will carry out a virtual evaluation to know the levels of learning and thus know how it will end the school year as a system.

“As Minedu we are committing ourselves to look for those students who could not have the opportunity to learn what they should have learned due to the circumstances we have all gone through (COVID-19). That is our responsibility and our commitment and that is why we have designed this evaluation mechanism that does not say that everyone passes the year automatically, but rather, what it says is that there are competencies that will be fulfilled next year and since this year we will not he was able to have the opportunity to learn certain topics, "he explained in RPP.

 

He specified that recognizing that there are different levels of learning due to a different exposure in the strategy of I learn at home, a possibility of recovery will be given to those students who entered this strategist late.

He added that in the summer of 2021 there will be a leveling for the students who are going to receive some tablets and it will also start with a diagnosis by the teachers to know what skills need to be worked on and depending on that result, some will pass for a consolidation from March to June and if they still cannot pass, they will go to a special reinforcement.

In terms of the satisfaction of families and teachers, he indicated that the sector conducts monthly surveys which, in the case of teachers, 8 out of 10 of them say they are satisfied with the I learn at home strategy and in the case of families, about 7 out of 10 of them.