O projecto “Fortalecimento dos Sistemas Municipais de Educação” (SMS), financiado pela USAID e implementado pela ADPP Angola, tem como principal objectivo promover uma educação de qualidade, garantindo que todas as crianças tenham acesso ao ensino primário.
Para alcançar esses objectivos, o projecto SMS foca-se em trabalhar com às autoridades municipais, gestores escolares e professores, dando-lhes competências nas vertentes de gestão e administração escolar, pedagogia, e monitorização e avaliação dos resultados de aprendizagem.
Visa igualmente contribuir para aumento do envolvimento da comunidade na educação. Durante as férias escolares de Julho e Agosto, a equipa do projecto realizou visitas porta a porta nos municípios da Baía Farta (Benguela), Londuimbali (Huambo), Cacuso (Malanje) e Catabola (Bié). O objectivo foi o de assegurar que todas as crianças estivessem matriculadas e prontas para o início do ano lectivo em setembro.
Além das visitas domiciliares, a campanha foi alargada aos mercados locais e espaços comunitários, destacando a importância do envolvimento colectivo no processo educativo.
Outro aspecto importante do projecto SMS é a formação contínua de professores. Em Londuimbali, por exemplo, 570 professores do ensino primário participaram em cursos de actualização de conhecimentos, através do programa "40 Sessões Pedagógicas", para o novo ano lectivo. Os municípios da Baía Farta, Cacuso e Catabola também beneficiaram de formações semelhantes.
O projecto SMS também reflecte a missão do Governo de Angola em descentralizar a educação, capacitando os municípios a assumirem a responsabilidade pela qualidade do ensino. O que implica assegurar que as crianças estejam matriculadas, que os professores possuam as competências técnicas e pedagógicas necessárias e que as lideranças escolares sejam efectivas. A participação activa dos pais e da comunidade é crucial para promover um ambiente educativo positivo e produtivo.
As Escolas de Magistério ADPP em Malanje, Bié, Londuimbali e Benguela desempenham um papel essencial na implementação do projecto, trabalhando em estreita colaboração com autoridades locais da educação, directores de escolas e membros da comunidade.
O projecto visa melhorar a qualidade da educação em 126 escolas rurais e periurbanas.
Para avaliar o impacto do projecto e planear as próximas actividades, estão previstas "Sessões de Pausa e Reflexão" com os financiadores e uma avaliação de "Mudança Mais Significativa".
Já é visível o interesse crescente de outros municípios em participar no projecto, o que reflecte a sua importância e relevância na melhoria da educação em Angola.
De 16 de Setembro à 10 de Novembro, 799 estudantes do 2º ano e 71 professores das 15 Escolas de Magistérios ADPP participam no programa “Aprender para Viajar, Viajar para Aprender”.
Durante 8 semanas os participantes irão viajar de autocarro por 14 das 18 províncias do país, nomeadamente, Bengo, Benguela, Bié, Cuanza Sul, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cunene, Huambo, Lunda Sul, Luanda, Malange, Uíge e Zaire.
Trata-se de uma iniciativa transformadora que impacta positivamente jovens estudantes. Ao promover a educação, a troca cultural e o desenvolvimento pessoal, o programa não apenas enriquece a vida dos participantes, mas também fortalece as comunidades, contribuindo para coesão e sustentabilidade.
Serão realizadas actividades tais como, visitas a escolas primárias, museus, monumentos históricos, sector empresarial, autoridades locais e tradicionais, entre outras, onde irão aprender sobre geografia, biologia, geologia, sociologia, comunicação, etc.
O conceito “Aprender para Viajar, Viajar para Aprender” ganha uma nova dimensão com o uso de e-books (livros electrónicos) durante as viagens. Esses e-books interactivos, contém materiais educativos que permite aos estudantes vivenciar na prática o que aprenderam.
A ADPP – Angola promove este programa há mais de 10 anos. Entre 2013 e 2014, durante 16 semanas, mais de mil estudantes viajaram por 7 países de África Austral, dentre eles, Angola, Botswana, Moçambique, Namíbia, Zâmbia, Zimbabue e Tanzânia. A partir de 2015 passou a realizar-se só em território nacional.
As Escolas de Magistério ADPP oferecem formação a nível pedagógico do ensino primário, numa estreita parceria com o Ministério de Educação.
Há mais de 25 anos a formar “Professores do Futuro”, as 15 Escolas de Magistério ADPP estão em 14 províncias do país, tendo já graduado 15.825 professores, dos quais 5.318 (34%) são do sexo feminino.
A ADPP - Angola continua a ser uma força vital no avanço do bem-estar social em Angola, e este programa é um caso de sucesso do seu compromisso com o desenvolvimento sustentável e inclusivo.
Foto -. Escola Magistério ADPP – Cuanza Norte
Article on Jornal de Angola, 05.11.2022
by Marcelo Manuel | Ndalatando
ADPP – Development Aid from People to People has a project in the pipeline in connection with the training of primary school teachers for rural communities.
Knowledge on handling electronic devices will also be provided
The aforementioned project will start in the first quarter of 2023, in the municipality of Lucala, Province of Cuanza-Norte. According to the chairperson of the Board of Directors of ADPP Angola, Rikke Viholm, the project will have a great impact on local communities, due to the fact that it brings together teaching and technological skills, to be transmitted to teachers in rural areas. She added that the program provides training for young people from the provinces of Cuanza-Norte, Uíge and Malanje.
The project will be funded by the South Korean Embassy in Angola. Collaboration between ADDP and the South Korean Cooperation Agency (Koica) in Cuanza-Norte dates back to 2009, with the establishment of Lucala Educational Center, with teacher training and polytechnic education.
Rikke Viholm commented that the creation of the project marks the third phase of the partnership between the two institutions, with the aim of improving education in rural communities in Angola. She also mentioned that the collaboration between the Ministry of Education and ADPP has existed for 26 years and has enabled the training of 14,700 teachers, prepared to teach in rural areas. She added that at country level there are 15 ADPP teacher training schools in 14 provinces.
Moreover, ADPP has a literacy project in the municipalities of Lucala and Cazengo, Cuanza Norte, with 1,500 literacy learners, predominantly women, who also receive training in farming techniques, with a view to the promotion of gender and social inclusion.
"The objective is to guarantee that women have access to education, land for cultivation, in addition to their full exercising of citizenship and opening of bank accounts," she said. She stressed that the women participating in the project are learning techniques for building wood burning stoves that use less wood but are more efficient at cooking food.
South Korean support
The South Korean Embassy in Angola has US$6 million available to finance the project to train primary school teachers for rural areas. This information was made public on Thursday by the first secretary and head of the Political and Economic Section of the South Korean Embassy in Angola, Hyung Kwon Jung, who is in Ndalatando to visit the location where the project will be implemented.
He said that the training will be given at Lucala Educational Centre, supervised by ADPP Angola, adding that the project will last five years. According to Hyung Kwon Jung, the main objective is to guarantee technical and pedagogical training for primary school teachers in rural communities, with training in the handling of electronic devices, in order to guarantee quality training.
Hyung Kwon Jung said that his government enjoyed good relations with the Angolan Executive, a fact that led to the financing of other actions, such as the project to modernize public security and the creation of the Industrial Center of Advanced Technology, in Luanda, as well as the revitalization of the city of Sumbe, valued at around US$200 million.
Article on Jornal de Angola, 08.12.2022
The United States of America, in partnership with the Provincial Government of Benguela and the Ministry of Education, launched two new social projects in Baía Farta, namely Communities in Action for Peace and Inclusion (CAPI) and the Strengthening of Municipal Education Systems in Angola.
The projects will support the decentralization of social services with a focus on the education sector and the promotion of building communities and skills in resolving conflicts among young Angolans. The project also aims to improve the position of women in their communities, starting with support in obtaining civil registration documents, such as an Identity Card, and in eliminating gender-based domestic violence against women and girls.
Funding for the two projects implemented by the NGO APP Angola totals US$3 million for a period of five years.
The CAPI project in 45 communities in the three municipalities of Cubal, Balombo and Ganda will benefit from support for working with high-risk populations in promoting peace and social inclusion through conflict resolution.
Read the article in Portuguese here:
https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ao/noticias/eua-lancam-projectos-sociais-em-benguela/
Article on Angop, Cunene, 9 December 2022
Ondjiva - The deputy coordinator of the Human Rights Committee in Cunene province, Sara Tulikeni, called this Friday for people to denounce violations of human rights. Speaking to ANGOP about the International Day for the Defence of Human Rights, she said that denouncements are the best way to end impunity.
She explained that during the current year the committee registered only five cases of denunciation, of which two were homicides, two suspicions of human trafficking and one of physical aggression. She clarified that the homicides were committed by relatives of the victims, while the trafficking involved 24 young people transported from Cuvelai supposedly to work in a quarry and sawmill in Luanda, and a further 23 young people trafficked to Namibia. She said that thanks to the denunciations, the defence and security forces were able to carry out a rapid intervention.
She explained that the number of complaints does not reflect the cases of violations practiced in the region. “Many of the cases do not reach us and when we do hear about them, it is already too late, but for those that do reach us, we have been working with the relevant bodies to be able to hold the perpetrators accountable.” she said.
She admitted that many citizens do not know about the existence of this institution, which is why they are working on its promotion and dissemination. “The committee was created recently and more education and awareness actions are required in the communities, so that people develop the habit of reporting cases of violation. She said that the region has a provincial committee and six municipal committees, intending to take over the communal committees by 2023.
Students at ADPP Cunene Teaching Training School in Oifidi learned about the dignity of the human being, according to the universal declaration of human rights. The opening talk on the day to mark the 74th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights was aimed at raising awareness among the students about the need for prevention, safeguarding and promoting human rights. Speaker Neto Braga Tchipungo said that the action was aimed at promoting human rights, so that students have a body of knowledge on the subject. “The objective is to explain the basic notions of what a human being is, as a member of society and that in the event of violations they do not remain silent but help communities to denounce these practices. In the same vein, staff from the municipal command of the National Police of Cuanhama addressed aspects of “the right to affiliation as human rights.”.
The program also included a consultation visit to the inmates of the Peu Peu prison and a radio debate on the right to image and presumption of innocence.
International Human Rights Day was established by the United Nations on December 4, 1950, in order to celebrate the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on December 10, 1948.
Read the article in Portuguese here:
https://www.angop.ao/noticias/sociedade/populacao-encorajada-a-denunciar-violacoes-dos-direitos-humanos/
