Publication: Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Youth : Buenos Aires Second Secondary Education Project
Date
2001-07
ISSN
Published
2001-07
Author(s)
Cesilini, Sandra
Abstract
The Province of Buenos Aires
government's strategy for secondary school education
aims to improve equity, quality, and effectiveness. To
support these objectives, the provincial Ministry of
Education proposed a new program, "Jornada
Completa" or "Full Day Schedule" to be
introduced in 200 pilot schools. The program will be
supported by the World Bank through the Buenos Aires Second
Secondary Education project. The pilot program seeks to
ensure equity by paying special attention to the quality of
education for children "at risk." Jornada
Completa will increase the number of classroom hours from
800 per year to 1,200 per year and introduce a new pedagogic
and curricular model. Extending the school day is also
intended to lessen students' exposure to street
violence. The program will support measures designed to make
school management more effective and more autonomous. School
selection criteria will target those urban lower secondary
schools in which most of the student enrollment comes from
households that are considered socially and economically
disadvantaged and among the poorest. On the basis of the
pilot results, the government intends to gradually extend
the Jornada Completa to all secondary schools in high
poverty districts or areas.
Citation
“Cesilini, Sandra. 2001. Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Youth : Buenos Aires Second Secondary Education Project. Social Development Notes; No. 62. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/9052c096-b04e-5f63-8e67-acd660295257 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”