Héla Bergaoui Nafti hela.nafti@yahoo.frMinistry of EducationHammamet, May26,2010

« Schools will endeavour to provide quality education for all learners…. develop their gifts and skills,help them acquire ICT competencies and apply them in various fields ».

Education Act,July 2002

THE TUNISIAN EDUCATION SYSTEMBackground and context

From quantitative teaching to quality education

1958:1st major reform in education laid the foundations of a national educational system open to all Tunisians.

1991 : turned towards the future: compulsory and free schooling & a new strucure in secondary education

2002 : quality education for all

ASSESTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

1. Full free and compulsory schooling to all children and absolute gender equality :

Schooling rate in 2009: 6-year olds :99,2% boys/99,2% girls

2.Training of highly-qualified teachers:free training to all teachers

3. Schools in all parts of the country, even in the most remote areas.

WHY INTEGRATE ICT IN EDUCATION IN TUNISIA? Take part in the digital revolution Foster a digital cultureBoost creativityHelp involve mixed-ability learnersEconomize effortsIntegrate learners with learning

difficulties/with disabilitiesIs inclusive :helps fight school dropout Meet the needs of the labour market

ICT :A NEW PEDAGOGY

Empowers students : construct their knowledge Students learn to learn : a tool and practices to

best use fantastic wealth of information on the Net

Students develop common competencies: critical thinking, collaborative work, project-based learning through the use of ICT.

Curriculum based on the values of tolerance, global citizenship, connectedness

Opens onto other cultures: Communities of learners

A STRATEGIC CHOICE

The Ministry of Education has set up a comprehensive long-term strategy :

- Huge investments : standards of quality - A vision : infrastructure, equipment,

human resources, curricula, content - No child left behind: gifted and

underprivileged: pioneer schools and priority area schools

- Mechanisms for sustainability

PILOTING

PHASE

TRAINING ALL TEACHERS

TEACHING ALL STUDENTS

IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY

EQUIPMENTSchools are equipped with :-computer labs: about 2000-language labs: about 1460Interactive white boards : piloted in

1st grade secondary education in science, generalized next year

INFRASTRUCTUREINBMI :institut National de bureatique et

micro-informatiqueCNIPRE :Centre National Innovation

pedagogique et de recherche en éducationCENAFFE: Centre National de formation des

formateurs en educationCNP:Centre national pédagogiqueCREFOC:centre régional de formation

continue

AVAILABLE RESOURCESEDUNET: National educational website wide range of services and information for teachers students and staff Online enrolment, results of national exams,

contests virtual school :distance learning, tutoring various services: online library,lesson plans,articles Moodle : a site for exchanges TNELT : English Language teachers network :www.edunet.tn/tnelt EDUSERV: school management programme

HUMAN RESOURCES68.000 primary school teachers 55% are female teachers

75.000teachers in middle schools and secondary education

38.000 female teachers and 36.000 are male teachers

TRAININGThis year, a diploma 2CI ( Certificat de

Compétences en Informatique)Out of the 150.000 teachers ,136.000 have

been/ are being trained in ICT as a tool,not as a subject matter

Free training, according to teachers’ availability, delivered by professional trainers (Senior trainers and Master trainers trained in partnership with an international pioneer company)and meeting international standards

DIGITAL PRODUCTIONDigital tools to match curricula in many subjects:-at the level of primary education -at the level of middle schools -in some subjects in secondary education in

ScienceFor language labs :digital content is being

produced by teams of inspectors and skilled teachers

Achievements……but also challengesEquipment, tools but teachers need to adhere

to ICTBest practices need to be disseminatedDigital production has to increaseIt takes time to change mentalitiesEmbedded cultureDevelop networksFoster partnerships

TODAY LEARNER TOMORROW CITIZENICT is a great tool but has to be

considered mostly as a new way of approaching education and empowering young generations with 21st century skills