COVID-19: assistance for educational continuity in LATAM

 29/JUN/2020

Fundación Ceibal coordinates the Alliance for the Digitalization of Education in Latin America and Caribbean (ADELA). The Alliance has carried out activities aimed at enhancing exchange and collaboration efforts between public policy makers in the region in order to tackle the challenge of educational continuity against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Their efforts have focused on the main needs of the countries in the network, seeking to provide educational continuity within this new scenario. This information was used to provide technical support measures for public policy makers, including regional cooperation efforts to promote and strengthen existing contingency processes.

Per-country requirements to support education services within the current scenario.

Source: Webinar – Challenges facing Pedagogical Continuity against the backdrop of the Coronavirus Crisis in LAC, Needs and Opportunities for Cooperation. 27/MAR/2020

A number of activities have been carried out ever since IDRC Canada began providing financial backing for ADELA. Some of the most notable efforts in this regard have been the online group and individual meetings, where representatives of each country’s digital education departments try to address their needs by using resources and data provided by the network’s other members. For example, Plan Ceibal currently provides all network countries with its own technical knowledge, giving access to their open educational resources and knowledge on the implementation of digital educational projects, and training teachers in the field of digital education.

Each instance has helped to expand the public digital education policymaker network, establishing communication mechanisms for the exchange of responses and resources in order to address identified challenges.

Representatives from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay have participated in these activities.