🇵🇾Educadores y educadoras indígenas de toda América Latina se reúnen en Asunción, Paraguay para el IX Encuentro Regional de Educación y Pueblos Indígenas.
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Proposals to strengthen public education for indigenous peoples
During the morning of this first day, the participants introduced themselves, so that everyone got to know each of the different ethnic groups and peoples represented in the activity. One by one they put their names on the wall of the venue where everyone’s origins could be clearly read.
The communities shared traditional dances and songs, as well as explanations about their traditional dress, the foods most commonly eaten in their communities, and the history of their villages.
Participants formed working groups to discuss the challenges facing public education systems in indigenous communities.
The educators concluded their discussion by agreeing on the need to guarantee compliance with existing legislation in the countries of the region related to the rights of indigenous people, as well as with laws and treaties that guarantee the right to a living wage.
They also pointed out clear needs such as the improvement of educational infrastructure, internet access, teaching materials, school meals and libraries, conditions that must go hand in hand with public policies that guarantee the connectivity of these communities.
The educators recalled that meeting these challenges depends on guaranteeing other rights such as access to clean water, health services, and the right to their ancestral lands.
Finally, participants put forward important proposals such as organising competitions that allow indigenous educators to work in their communities, favouring training courses that respect the culture and worldview of each indigenous group, and guaranteeing a differentiated curriculum.
At the end of the event, the non-indigenous union leaders in the room reflected on the need to support their indigenous colleagues in their organisations and, above all, to listen to them. They stressed the importance of ensuring equity for indigenous educators when it comes to trade union victories, as well as the importance of having representation at all levels of their organisations.
In addition to the Paraguayan unions, the EIAL member organisations who attended the event through their leaders and affiliates were the Confederación de Educadores Argentinos (CEA), Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina (CTERA), Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación de Brasil (CNTE), Sindicato Unitario de Trabajadores en la Educación (SUTEP), Colegio de Profesores de Chile (CPC), Asociación Nacional de Educadores y Educadoras (ANDE), Sindicato de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores de la Educación Costarricenses (SEC) and the Magisterio Panameño Unido (MPU).
Source link : https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/26736:indigenous-educators-from-across-latin-america-come-together-to-strengthen-public-education
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Publish date : 2022-08-10 03:00:00
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