Students must present, for example, in a pilot phase, conditions of vulnerability that demonstrate that this education is a priority.
The Ministry of Education created of the educational units for the virtual distance modality: Arupos for the Sierra and Amazonia; Guayacanes, for the Coast-Galapagos.
This newspaper requested information from that State portfolio on the characteristics of operation and the most important is summarized below.
Key dates
From this Monday, January 24 until February 4, 2022, Enrollment and transfers to the educational unit are made Arupos for the modality virtual remote for the regimen Sierra-Amazon.
The start of classes will be February 7th for the second half of the year 2021-2022.
for the regimen Coast-Galapagos 2022-2023, the educational unit “Guayacanes”, will provide distance learning services starting May 6, 2022.
Enrollment will be made from April 11 to 24, 2022, while the transfers will be from March 28 to April 9 and from April 27 to May 1, 2022.
However, the Ministry of Education clarified that these planned start dates are subject to the evolution of sanitary conditions and epidemiology of the country.
Some 25,000 students would opt for fiscal virtual education, according to government estimates
Location
Arupos It will work in the Pablo Palacio library, located on Amazonas and Atahualpa streets, in the city of Quito, to the north. the headquarters of Guayacanes, that will serve the Costa-Galapagos regime, has yet to be defined.
There will be a pilot process for Arupos and it will start with a quota of about a thousand students and an approximate teaching staff of 40 teachers for all subjects.
Requirements
They must meet some specific requirements to be able to access a registration. For example, in a piloting phase, students should have the appropriate technological tools, have family support, present vulnerability conditions for which it is a priority that they remain in a process of long distance education.
Technology
This type of study, in its tax offer, will use as a base of the platforms: a system for virtual learning spaces or classrooms and a system for “synchronous” online classes (video calls).
The student will have educational resources and activities available that will be complemented with autonomous work and support to develop the teaching-learning process; there will be tutor teachers of area.
In each educational institution the levels of Elementary, Middle, Higher and Baccalaureate Education. At the moment, the opening of Technical Baccalaureate offers is not expected.
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License plates
The process of registration and transfers for the fiscal educational institutions of distance modality will be carried out autonomously and volunteer, through the online application enabled on the website Juntos.educacion.gob.ec.
They may select the educational institutions according to the system they require: educational unit Arupos in Sierra – Amazon and educational unit Guayacanes in Coast – Galapagos.
Learning
The distance education modality, according to the Ministry of Education, is characterized by not require face-to-face attendance at classes or accompaniment in educational establishments, but may have the accompaniment of a tutor or guide remotely or virtually.
Evaluations
Factors such as: student participation, interaction on the platform, connection time and the frequency.
In addition participation in video conferences, chat, self-employment, homework, forums, case studies, among others.
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