The Minister of Education of Santa Fe, Jose Goityannounced this Tuesday that the province will implement one more hour of classes aimed at strengthening the literacy of more than 380,000 students in all public and private primary schools, As part of the extended day, to improve learning and recover teaching hours.
From the Santa Fe administration they commented that the brand new measure will begin to take effect apply starting next month and which, for the position of Undergraduate Professor, implies a monthly salary supplement.
“Strengthen learning”
In a press conference held in the Walsh Room of the Government Headquarters in Rosario, Goity said: “This is one more step in a policy that we have been working on, and it is the goal that we have as the Ministry of Education, as a Province and as a Government, which is to sustain, promote and strengthen learning.”
In this sense, the official clarified that “The objective of this extra hour is aimed at more and better learning, it will have a focus and aims to prioritize literacy, which is a central policy and which is a foundational knowledge without which nothing is possible.”
“A child who is not adequately literate will have a chronic learning deficit, and it is the unavoidable responsibility of the school system that all students are perfectly literate,” the minister assessed.
He also highlighted that “the measure prioritizes the teaching role over the classroom, which is where learning occurs.”
“This also has to do with a plan that we have established with the National Government to guarantee that this time and this financing has continuity and is sustainable,” he added.
At the same time, Goity assured: “We want to strengthen, reinforce and enhance the primary school in the province of Santa Fe, but for that we have to work on the basis of serious, consistent planning and above all that is sustainable over time.”
How the new regime will be implemented
This new regime guarantees the expansion of the school day at 25 hours per week (45 minutes more per day) for public educational centers under official management and those under official private management.
This decision will benefit 382,318 students and, consequently, the 13,291 first-grade teachers throughout the province will be able to access an increase in their income that, for a teacher with 15% seniority, It will represent an increase of 84,522.22 pesos, while for a teacher with 15% seniority, it will represent an increase of 84,522.22 pesos, a teacher with 120% seniority will mean a sum of $149,639.27 pesos.
During the current cycle, the measure will be optional for the students’ families, prioritizing those who need to reinforce knowledge and recover learning. The implementation will be carried out gradually during the remainder of the 2024 academic year and will be deepened during the 2025 academic year.
Evangelical schools
The decree provides for “the validity of a new regime for the implementation of the universalization of the extended day in the Primary Schools of the Province of Santa Fe, through the creation of a temporary monthly remuneration supplement for the position of Teacher of the career.” of Common Day Primary School of 190 points with the objective of guaranteeing the provision of 25 hours per week (5 hours per day)”, without increasing the accumulation units in teaching positions.
Likewise, it should be noted that the specific aspects of its implementation will be considered and defined within the framework of the technical alliances.
Source: Ambito
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