The University of El Salvador (UES) has allocated $12 million to train teachers in the use of digital platforms and innovation, reported the institution’s academic vice-rector, Raúl Azcúnaga.
Training for higher education teachers is coordinated between the authorities of the UES, the National University of Forest Sciences of Honduras (UNACIFOR) and the University of Havana, with the aim of “raising the quality” of the classes that are taught. online to students in the public education system.
“With this commitment to teacher training, the University of El Salvador seeks to raise the skills of its teaching staff.”
Raul AzcunagaVice Chancellor of the University of El Salvador
“With this commitment to doctoral training, the University of El Salvador seeks to raise the skills of its teaching staff. The investment in interactive digital transformation is $12 million in 2022, because nine online careers are being implemented,” Azcúnaga explained to LA GRAPHIC PRESS. For the online modality, the alma mater has also allocated $5 million according to the academic vice-rector.
This “Digital University” project has been implemented since 2016. Teachers would be trained in topics such as quality management of higher education, higher education and environmental sustainability, culture of peace, in addition to topics in digital transformation. in universities in the 21st century and educational innovation policies, programs and projects.
Since last year, professors from the University have urged the authorities to implement training in technologies for the teaching sector. This in the face of changes in the educational teaching system that the health crisis due to covid-19 forced educational institutions to change.
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According to data from the UES, in 2021 it invested at least $16 million for the development of the virtual educational modality that includes the purchase of electronic computing devices for students who do not have the resources to receive their classes online.
In 2020, the University presented a proposal for “Home Connectivity for Students without Internet Access at the University of El Salvador”, for young people with limited resources. According to statistics from the University’s Information Technology Department (DTI), of 55,000 students, 11.5% of university students did not have internet access; this percentage corresponds to 6,195 university students.
The first proposal of the UES consisted of providing a service named: Access Point (APN1) that connects to 4G or 3G networks and links to the network of the alma mater; that is, a data plan service will be contracted so that through a SIM card they can reach the network infrastructure and services of the higher education center.
While a second alternative to provide internet to university students who do not have the service is to provide a subsidy. However, so far it is unknown what happened to these alternatives that the state university sought to implement.
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