A week ago, About 71 thousand diversified students began the school year in the public sector And the authorities of the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) is committed to providing each one with computer equipment, as part of a digital transformation strategy.
The portfolio will allocate Q102 million To work technological innovation in the diversified, it adds to the one that will arrive after a budget modification, which must occur in the first four -month period of the year, according to the MINEDUC Communication Directorate.
In the current budget, the Ministry has Q31.2 million to technify the diversified, Q58 million are for the level of basics and Q12 million 800 thousand for primary school, as reported in the Integrated Financial Administration System (Sicoin) of the Ministry of FINANCES. What will be sought is to unify the funds to provide computer equipment to young people who attend a medium level race.
One next stage is aimed at continuing with the strengthening of technology in the classroom, which will reach students of other degrees.
Computers for teachers
In one of these first actions for digitalization, the Guatecompras electronic portal appears Purchase request for 356 equipment Computing with NOG 25058061, 78.6 percent will be allocated to the program Flexible modalities for secondary education, but this will be delivered to teachers in charge of the Extracurricular Education Program.
The other requested computers will be distributed between the National Alternative Education (Pronea) and the Municipal Human Training Centers (CEMUCAF).
According to the MINEDUC, you have planned to buy more teams this year and will be allocated to diversified students, and in the coming weeks the events will be published.
The event appears on the Guatecompras portal since February 13 and closes on March 26; however, 12 days later there are no bidders for the acquisition of computers.
According to the bases of the contest, laptops of 16 gigabytes are required, with 15.6 inches or higher screen, integrated high definition front webcam, LED or higher screen, optical mouse and transportation backpack, three years of factory guarantee, among others specificities.
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There will be 280 computers to distribute flexible modalities, 20 percent of the team will be to serve the department of Guatemala, 7 percent for Alta Verapaz, while Izabal, Petén and San Marcos will each receive 5 percent of the team . Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Huehuetenango Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán will receive 3 percent. The other departments will receive a lower amount.
Education authorities have been raised as a purpose that this year the 700 public educational centers that are diversified are covered with computersIn addition to the equipment, they will work on connectivity, inclusion of digital content for learning, teaching training at the technological level.
“We are going to start diversified, we hope to advance and then cover basic and, in the end, (provide) to the entire educational system with technology,” said Minister Anabella Giracca, on February 17 at a press conference.
Previously, the MINEDUC authorities have indicated that for high school – basic and diversified – a strategy is proposed that will prioritize technological development with the use of digital tools.
Traditionally, medium -level students are not given textbooks, this account is that the portfolio prioritizes the production of digital content for high school.
Registration drop
In the last seven years, student enrollment in secondary school descended nationwide – public, private, municipal and cooperative. In the case of the basic level, in 2018 the registered were 805 thousand 77 and last year the registration was 765 thousand 202. This represents a decrease of 4.9 percent.
While in diversified the effect is more drastic, because in 2018 there were 422 thousand 134 students, and by 2024 there were 365 thousand 61, ands a fall of 13.52 percent.
According to official registration, access to public education when studying a career is limited, since seven out of 10 students are absorbed by the private sector, They have more establishments to serve this population. There are four thousand 94 private schools to cover the diversified, contrary to the 683 public establishments.
The report marking the course, education and technology 2023, of the Center for Economic Research (one hundred) refers that the lossed coverage in high school should be recovered through differentiated strategies, and proposes as a way out of making alliances with the private sector and with the Technical Institute for Training and Productivity (Intecap) to offer better opportunities to young people.
The Mineduc preliminary report is that This year there are 71 thousand young people registered in the diversified, in the public sector.