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P o i n t F O C U S

10 Jun 2010

The goal was work Law on Autonomy, which is sible for managing the schools in to reduce the gap between those under revision, proposes that the his district, reports to the Ministry that can access the digital world central government keep virtually of Education, while the mayor, who with the knowledge and oppor-all the responsibilities that it has is responsible for providing infra- tunities it b. [...] A central fund would be cre- intervention to increase spending the promotion of the productive ated to pay for salaries of teachers on infrastructure, as well as the inclusion in society of everyone, and administrators of schools that quality of education. [...] In spite of these government grams presented for funding to nomic means, the geographic lo- initiatives, there are continuing the World Bank-managed Haiti cation of their homes as compared problems with access to higher Multi-Donor Trust Fund and the to that of the school, or failure to education and with the skill level Interim Haiti Reconstruction adapt to school culture. [...] tive education programs directed A study released by the There is a need to prevent the use at poor youth entering the labour Canadian Centre for Policy of the education system as an in- market, Superatec is contributing Alternatives in April 2010 strument of political patronage, positively to the country’s efforts found that aboriginal women and to define profiles of compe- to overcome poverty. [...] With the exception of FOCAL Views, which is the official institutional stance of FOCAL, the opinions and analysis in FOCALPoint are those of the author and do not reflect the institutional position of FOCAL, its staff or its board.
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