Port-au-Prince, May 24, 2024 – The Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) announced, through a press release, that the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, a donation of twenty million (20,000,000) US dollars in support of the ongoing educational reform as part of the Ten-Year Education and Training Plan (PDEF).
This new support will be implemented through the “Educational Governance Support Project (PAGE)” and will expand the scope of interventions previously financed by the IDB, particularly during the first two phases of the Ten-Year Plan Support Project. education and training, started in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
The funding granted will make it possible to continue and strengthen the modernization of the Education Information and Management System (EMIS) by improving the availability of comparative data on the academic achievements of Haitian students. To this end, the Permanent Evaluation Center (CPEV) of the MENFP, established in June 2022, will coordinate Haiti’s participation in a regional or international learning evaluation.
This new funding should also contribute to the establishment of the 2024-2054 Curricular Orientation Framework, a significant update of the Bernard Reform. Thus, the PAGE project will finance new school programs, including digital technology, teacher training, and the strengthening of inspection programs. The project will also support the development and acquisition of educational materials and books, particularly for children, in Haitian Creole.
The MENFP welcomes this new contribution from the IDB which will allow the ministry, while facing the challenges linked to current emergencies, to continue the work of transforming the education system. This donation comes in addition to the financing obtained last April, where the MENFP had already benefited from financial support of 44 million dollars, coming from several sources: the IDB (15 million), the Global Partnership for Education ( GPE) (19 million), and Education above all (EAA) (10 million).
This series of funding represents crucial support for the implementation of the Ten-Year Education and Training Plan (PDEF), allowing Haiti to modernize its education system, improve the learning conditions of students and strengthen skills. teachers. The MENFP, in collaboration with its international partners, says it is determined to carry out this essential transformation for the future of the country.
