ARTCLE - IFADEM - 500 SCHOOL TEACHERS

500 SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE FIRST GROUPING OF THE IFADEM
(Haiti Libre) -

On 22 August (in Les Cayes) and August 23 (in Jacmel), 500 haitian teachers selected to attend the training, of the Initiative for the distance training of teachers (Initiative pour la Formation à Distance Des Maîtres - IFADEM) in its experimental phase, convened for their first training group.

The Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, the International Organization of Francophonie (OIF) and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) officially launched the training in Les Cayes on August 22 [200 teachers of the department of South-East] and in Jacmel on August 23, 2011 [300 teachers of the Southern Department]. are convened for their first grouping IFADEM.

It is at the École Normale d'Instituteurs (ENI) of Les Cayes and at the Basic School of Application, Teaching Support Centre (EFACAP) of Meyer (Jacmel) where the IFADEM has set up two digital spaces; where the groups will meet. The group of trainers (educational advisers, inspectors and teachers of French Alliances) and the group of tutors, will host them.

During the two days that teachers will spend in the ENI and to the EFACAP, they will receive their educational material, be informed of the modalities of IFADEM training and introduced to the use of books 1 and 2. A half day will also be devoted to an introduction to computers and the Internet (3i) provided in the digital space.

A delegation of representatives from the Ministry of the OIF and the AUF will travel to Les Cayes on Monday, August 22, 2011 and to Jacmel on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 for the launch of the trainings.

The Departmental Directors, Mr. Régelhomme Joseph (Les Cayes) and Mr. Marc Elder Charles (Jacmel), Ms. Chantal Roques, Representative of the OIF, Ms. Beatrice Kebreau Representative of the AUF and Jacques-Yvon Pierre President of the National Committee, will make speeches at the launch.