He Head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri, introduced new changes in the district’s educational system. After the modifications in secondary and primary school, now the PRO member seeks to modify substantially initial education.
When will the new curriculum design for the garden be implemented?
Accompanied by the Minister of Education of the City, María de las Mercedes MiguelMacri gave details of the change in the curriculum for the rooms 4 and 5 of Buenos Aires kindergartens. They will be implemented from 2025, with the aim of putting greater emphasis on children’s transition to first grade.
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Jorge Macri announced the changes during a press conference.
In accordance with the reform of curricular design, The Buenos Aires Government will deliver materials to state and private gardensincluding 1,250 kits of a game called “We play with words” and 21,600 homonymous booklets for the room 5 students. Regarding the content, although it was not specified in detail what new content the curriculum will have, Miguel did explain that it will be based on “the game, the ludic and the social interaction that are the developments and habits of this level.”
On the other hand, also from 2025, the Government will also implement changes in the form of evaluation, where it will be focused on students achieving “achievement goals” during his time in rooms 4 and 5.
What will happen to vacancies in Early Childhood Centers
The Buenos Aires administration also announced changes is the Early Childhood Centers. In detail, Macri confirmed the creation of five new centers:
- Juanito Bosco and Quinquela Martín, already inaugurated in The Mouth
- Happy Hearts, which will open during October at the Neighborhood 31
- Sowing hope, scheduled for November in the Under Flowers
- CPI of inclusive pedagogy, which will open in November, at the Barracas neighborhood.
As detailed by the City government, this will allow the vacancies to expand to more than 15,000. Furthermore, it will also soon be will implement the possibility of registering 100% online.
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Finally, another of the big modifications is the new implementation of schedules. Families will be able to opt for offers of 4, 6 or 8 hours a day and they are already starting to be offered night schedules in addition to the daytime ones.
What other changes are expected in education by 2025
The changes in the contents for rooms 4 and 5 are related to a restructuring included in the BA Learn program. In this sense, the City government also announced changes in primary education that will be will be implemented from 2025.
Changes in Language
In the first three grades, they will focus on initial literacy (1st, 2nd and 3rd) with the phonological awarenessthat is, the teaching of sounds and letters. Therefore, they will have 8 mandatory hours per week during these three years.
Meanwhile, in the second cycle (4th, 5th, 6th and 7th) there will be 6 mandatory hours per week and strategies will be used for understanding more complex textsin addition to the production of texts.
Changes in Mathematics
The most important modification It is linked to the implementation of more practical exercises, data analysis and statistics linked to real life situations, leaving behind systematized formulas.
Digital, environmental and financial education: the new transversal areas
The Buenos Aires authorities also focused the new curricular design on preparing the City’s primary schools to teach their students to adapt to a reality that changes all the time and requires new knowledge linked to digital and financial education. According to the information provided by the City Ministry of Education, these will be the new transversal areas:
- Socio-emotional well-being: promotes a safe and respectful learning environment, based on empathy, dialogue and active listening, facilitating the development of skills such as self-regulation and teamwork.
- Financial Education: seeks to prepare students to make informed and responsible decisions in their personal and professional lives.
- Digital education: It trains students to be both users and creators of technology, enhancing their skills in the face of current challenges.
- Development of key capabilities: encourages autonomy to learn, critical thinking, effective communication and problem solving.
- Cross-sectional areas: It also incorporates ethical and civic training, comprehensive sexual educationprogramming and robotics, and environmental education.
- Cross-cutting themes: addresses aspects such as food educationsafe and sustainable mobility, and prevention of problematic consumptionthus integrating more holistic learning.
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