In March 2016, Haiti Priorise held its third sector expert roundtable to discuss the best solutions to improve education in Haiti. Roundtable participants were asked to identify the strengths and weaknesses of this sector and propose actions they think should be a priority to address some of the principal challenges facing education in Haiti.

1. Education
Research Ideas
Port-au-Prince
March 2016

2. Working with 30-50 economists including Nobel Laureates, 100+ sector experts,
government, donor organizations, civil society, development agencies, businesses,
youth, across rural and urban areas to identify, analyze and prioritize interventions
that will deliver greater benefit per gourde spent, helping move Haiti towards a
more prosperous long term future.

3. Copenhagen Consensus
Center organized roundtable
discussions with an aim to
figure out smarter solutions to
the most problematic issues
facing Haiti.
These roundtables are
one of several sources
for research ideas.

4. Research Ideas

5. Governance;
(1 of 3)
• Develop a community education policy.
• Develop an education policy for marginalized children.
• Establish a coordination and monitoring mechanism
between actions and actors in the sector.
• Develop a policy given the employment needs and the
needs of the country.
• Develop and implement a system that allows
stakeholders in the education system to know and
better manage resources (transparency).
• Strengthen the MENPF’s capacity to adhere to
international standards.

6. Governance;
(2 of 3)
• Develop a policy for every type of student: students who
have repeated a grade, older students etc. including
separating students within a classroom.
• Add civic education to the national curriculum.
• Establish departmental regulations: standards on school
management; curricula; standards on human resources;
back to school; building standards in schools and the
rehabilitation of school buildings.
• Plan for time changes (daylight savings).
• Development and implementation of a policy on
extracurricular activities.
• Bill on the nomenclature of educational institutions.

7. Governance;
(3 of 3)
• Develop a policy for the regulation of the education
system by the MENFP in partnership with the private
sector.
• Install a regional monitoring program for schools.

8. Vocational Training and Higher Education;
(1 of 1)
• Increase the capacity of institutions of higher education
• Review of the application of private sector i.e. identify
the grade level required for any type of employment;
and define performance indicators for each one.
• Provide tax benefits, subsidies, etc. to electrify
vocational schools.
• Support professional schools - projects, grants, etc.
• Bring order to the vocational training system by a
management / supervisory board; keep track of their
performance (monitoring).

9. Education;
(1 of 3)
• Make a diagnosis of human resources available to who
should be trained and how; identify the amount of
teachers needed in every field and at every level;
masters training program; Mise-à-niveau of teachers
on using the national curriculum (develop a master
guide); Increase the number of teacher training
institutions; using ICT for distance training of teachers;
Make the EFACAP capable of forming teacher training
centers.
• Adaptation of learning techniques to the Haitian reality:
Bloom Taxonomy; Improve the capacity for synthesis,
analysis, observation and evaluation in written and oral.

10. Education;
(2 of 3)
• Professional enhancements to improve the quality of
education:
A. Increase teacher salaries based on their
experience and skills.
B. Improving the quality of teaching materials.
C. Pay arrear wages and pay on time.
D. Promote the prestige of the profession.
E. Enhance learning techniques.
• A national needs assessment to determine what level of
education should be prioritized i.e. preschool, primary,
secondary, technical, vocational, higher.

11. Education;
(3 of 3)
• Form networks of schools for peer-to-peer training for
teachers and school leaders.
• Improve teaching strategies to improve competency in
reading, math and writing.

12. Language;
(1 of 1)
• Strengthen the capacity of the Creole Academy.
• Develop and implement a bilingual policy in education
after making a comparative study of multi- or bilingual
nations like Rwanda, China and the countries of Eastern
Europe.
• Publish all documentation of the Ministry in two
languages.

13. Preschool, elementary and secondary
education;
(1 of 2)
• Increasing reading skills development during preschool.
• Raising awareness among parents in rural areas on the
importance of education.
• Provide universal access to preschool education.
• Change the language of instruction in preschool and
elementary school to Creole.
• Fairs and interscholastic competitions to promote the
importance of regular schooling in rural areas.
• Psychosocial support for students, including materials,
supervision, coaching, etc.

14. Preschool, elementary and secondary
education;
(2 of 2)
• Use of religious institutions to promote educational
priorities.
• Increase the amount of public schools (14% currently)
• Electrification of schools.

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