Port-au-Prince, 13 September 2025.- 165 directors of public schools of the Nippes and South-East participated in a seminar organized by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) around the manual » Single Book » and the observation tool « Teach Primary « .
Since Monday 8 September 2025, the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) has brought together officials from public schools in Miragoâne and Jacmel to strengthen their teaching skills.
The participants, 81 of the Nippes and 84 of the South-East, worked on two priorities: « Single Book », intended for students in the 1st and 2nd basic year, and the master's degree in « Teach Primary « , an educational observation protocol developed by the World Bank and experienced in some 40 countries.
At the launch, Yves Roblin, Director-General of MENFP, highlighted the importance for school principals of being well informed about the content of the manual. According to him, this should strengthen their capacity to supervise teachers who are to be used in class. He also recalled that the manual included five disciplines, four of which were in Creole, in accordance with the curricular reform.
For her part, the Departmental Director of the Nippes, Myrlaine Lamontagne Philémon, acknowledged that the seminar will help school managers to better position themselves as educational actors, not just managers.
The Director of Training and Development, Claudin St-Jour, argued that the use of Creole at the beginning of schooling guaranteed better success and helped to reduce repetition and abandonment.
Finally, Cirta Jean-François, head of the EFACAP Coordination Unit (Ecole fondaire d'application/centre d'appliance pédagogique), considered that the training had led the directors to review their practices in terms of coaching, classroom observation and pedagogical planning.
With the support of the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education, MENFP continued its training cycle in departments. After the North, Artibonite and the Centre, the sessions touched the Nippes and South-East and were to continue in the South and Grand Anse. This initiative has placed school principals at the heart of improving the quality of education.
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