We are still working to get the first funding to support our activities in education. The city government and the state government defined 2 priorities for us in terms of innovation technologies we need to develop and implement.
- Literacy in language and arithmetics – 40% of the students of primary schools in Santa Luzia leave the schools of fail and the main problem identified is the quality of education in maths and language. Also, the city host a grade of 2,6 in the national index for education (IDEB). A challenge grade for the Brazilian government should be 6, which means that there is a lot of work to be done and the perspective of inclusive education is how we envisage we can help.
- Education that creates opportunities for the youth – students between 15-18 years old in Santa Luzia see no opportunity for their future and their main objective is to move to another place where they suppose the opportunities (e.g. jobs) are easier. In this case, our intention is to work with the methodology of education for human development, which includes youth protagonism, and link it with the creative economy projects, like craft (IADB project) as we consider that the local youth are the only one who can conduct the local transformation.
While the funding is not available we are already talking with the local secretary for education and help them to analyze the situation and see what we can do at least in one single school. This minimum work shall be ready by end of July and one of the main goals is to include management into the educational process in order to maximize the local resources. This work is being done by IPTI with the help of some professors from the education department of the University Tiradentes.
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