Uruguay

Uruguay in Numbers, Uruguay in Numbers We are committed to supporting Uruguay to ensure that all children and adolescents have access to quality education. Our work prioritizes children and adolescents with disabilities and adolescents in general, to help them stay in school, improve their learning outcomes, and complete their studies to become active members of…, What do we do?, To achieve these objectives, we work with the government and collaborate with our partners in non-governmental and civil society organizations, as well as with the private sector, in an effort to: Develop and expand innovative educational proposals for adolescents at risk of educational disengagement. Promote programs to improve secondary…, Learn about our resources

Uruguay has made significant progress in the needed infrastructure to access technology. However, technological solutions that promote accessible and quality education for all children and adolescents remain a challenge to be solved, especially for the most vulnerable populations such as children with disabilities., In 2008, Uruguay ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and has strengthened its regulatory framework in the General Education Law, which, in particular, promotes inclusive education., That is why in recent years we have developed various initiatives to foster inclusive education and promote Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the classroom. Among them, we have worked together with strategic partners such as the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP)[1] and the Educational Connectivity Plan for Basic Computing for…, We believe in the importance of promoting this project and expanding it in the coming years., Congreso 104, Picture 2 A model country on accessible digital textbooks, Uruguay offers great opportunities to become a model country in the promotion of accessible digital textbooks. As a proof, CEIBAL currently provides each student and teacher in the public education system with a laptop and Internet connection without cost., Landing zorrito First version of the accessible digital textbook in Uruguay, The country already has a first version of the accessible digital reading and writing textbook for the first grade of primary school, which is currently being optimized. This process that takes place within ANEP, has strengthened the education system stakeholders capacities, and has promoted the appropriation of the material., In the short and medium term, we have set ourselves the following goals:, finalize the new version of the first-grade digital textbook, with adjustments to expand its accessibility; test its use in inclusive public schools, present the new version of the finished textbook to the authorities and the entire educational community; develop support tools for first-year teachers and potential users of the book next year; and…

In Uruguay, facing pandemia far home Geisy Vizcaya still remembers the chill she felt just over two yearsx ago as she packed to leave her home in Venezuela. It wasn’t just the cool early morning air. As she stuffed some essentials into a suitcase, her eldest daughter asked her a question: “Mummy, what if you make a little space in there and take…

This publication provides significant evidence on a set of sustained actions, which countries can undertake to advance in terms of access and quality of early childhood education, with the intention of achieving target 4.2 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This document is based on the evaluation which analyzed experiences of Chile,…