El Salvador - Community education strategy : decentralized school management
Pisanty Levy, Julieta | Mexico
In 1989, the Government of El Salvador established a new social policy aimed at alleviating poverty while creating a new relationship between the State and society. In the education sector, priority was given to rural basic education. Both pre-primary and primary education have been supported through an innovative program based on direct involvement of parents and community groups and institutional strengthening activities at the central and regional levels. The education program, the Community-managed Schools Program (EDUCO), promotes the participation of rural communities in defining and administering education services. The Ministry of Education (MOE) is credited with proposing EDUCO. The Government's strategy to increase educational opportunities in rural areas and the mechanisms adopted by EDUCO have proven to be good instruments for targeting education services to the poor. The achievement results of EDUCO students are comparable if not higher than those of students in traditional schools, and the benefits of the program seem to more than off-set the higher costs involved. This report offers two main recommendations: 1) provide more effective teacher training and supervision support, together with a learning/teaching materials and new teaching methodologies; and 2) strengthen MOE's institutional capacity and streamline the central level to play and efficient planning, monitoring, and evaluation role.
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