| 28 March 2012 | 4 Comments
 
 

A three-day national conference on how to reform Tunisia’s educational system will kick off tomorrow in the Tunisian capital.

Experts in education, members of various civil society organizations and political parties, and a high number of parents will attend the conference.

The event will discuss the way forward regarding the necessary reforms that the Tunisian educational system should implement. According to Khaled Chabbi, the spokesman for the Ministry of Education, the goal is to “highlight the existing defects from which the current Tunisian educational system is suffering, and review its methodology in light of results learned throughout previous attempts at reforms.”

The scoring system of examinations, out-of-class tutoring, school schedules, the national curriculum and academic manuals, university life, and the introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in teaching, for example, will be points of discussion throughout the event.

The conference will also create an interactive platform between the Tunisian educational experience and a number of foreign educational organizations. “Another important objective of this conference will be to learn from several international experiences, and bring a number of success stories to the table,” Chabbi said.

Many education experts from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and Europe, as well as representatives from the World Bank and UNESCO, will participate in the conference.

The conference will also shed light on the role of civil society and of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in bolstering the educational sector, and will suggest the importance of enhancing the current curriculum with courses on citizenship, democracy and human rights.

In anticipation of the conference, the Tunisian minister of education has launched an online open discussion on the matter, as well as formed several commissions in charge of formulating possible tools and methodologies for the improvement of the educational system in Tunisia.


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  1. hanin says:
    15 January 2013 at 16:14

    the best firit

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  2. Truthteller says:
    29 March 2012 at 15:20

    “In anticipation of the conference, the Tunisian minister of education has launched an online open discussion on the matter,…” would you publish the web address for those interested in following the discussion? Is it open?

    Thanks.

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  3. Publicola says:
    28 March 2012 at 19:45

    Maxwell Kpakpo Thompson – I know a good physician (or psychiatrist, for that matter)

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  4. Maxwell Kpakpo Thompson says:
    28 March 2012 at 13:58

    Selected and pedestrian. NB:The ongoing discussion seeks to improve partnership in a number of areas, such as energy, education, and tourism

    Ankh-Every necessary step must begin from me before all in me. I have lived also to affect more in a more righteous and vibrant perception- through prediction and the all time son of perdition. making all to understand why we needed to be persevering more and also to interest or endure for the permanency of God. This is a patriotic path for all to yield the necessary vision in our life through the blood of Jesus Christ our Lord and redeemer.
    Listen for My groaning with you. also believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you are saved and all your house Amen.

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