Education in Timor-Leste

Opportunities and
Challenges

Harii ita nia Nasaun liu husi Edukasaun ho Kualidade

Construir a nossa Nação através de uma Educação de
Qualidade
Building our Nation through Quality Education
 MDG in Basic Education
the Situation in Timor-Leste
“ By 2020 (as we started late) all children boys and girls alike will be
able to complete a full course of basic education”

Constraints:
 We register too little
 High drop out during the schooling process
 Main reasons:
 Poverty (economic reasons)
 School too far away
 Child as free labour for poor families
 Cultural barriers for girls,
 Violence in school
 Perception that children learn nothing,
 2006 crises
 etc.
 What we have to do
Reform the education system
Reform the management of
education sector
Focus on HRD
Eradicate illiteracy
The New Education System
 Pre-School
 Basic School (9 years)
 Secondary School
 General Secondary School (Liceu)
 Technical Vocational School
 Higher Education
 Polytechnics (TAFE)
 University Studies
TIMOR-LESTE’S Ensino Superior

NEW Universitário
Doutoramento (3 anos)

EDUCATION
SYSTEM Mestrado (2 anos)

Bacharelato (3 anos)

Ensino Superior
Técnico
2 ̵̊ ano

1 ̵̊ ano

Ensino Técnico-Profissional (3 Ensino Secundário Geral (3

anos) anos)

Ensino
Básico
3 ̵̊ Ciclo (7 ̵̊ /8 ̵̊ /9 ̵̊
anos)
2 ̵̊ Ciclo (5 ̵̊ /6 ̵̊ anos)

1 ̵̊ Ciclo (1 ̵̊ /2 ̵̊ /3 ̵̊ 4
anos)

Jardim de Infância (3
anos)
Legal Framework
 Lei de Bases da Educação (Lei no. 14/2008)
 Dekreto-Leis (DL) ba implementasaun:
 DL – Ensinu Baziku (9 anos)
 DL – Ensinu Sekundariu Jeral
 DL – Ensinu Sekundariu Tekniku Profisional
 DL – Ensinu Superior Tecnico (Politecnicas)
 DL – Estatuto da UNTL
 DL – Instituicoes Academicas Nao-Estatais
 DL – Avaliacao e Acreditacao Academica
(CNAAA)
 DL - Estatuto e Regime de Carreira de Docentes
 DL – Ensino Recorrente e Equivalencias
Curriculum Development
 Development of III Cicle of Basic
Education (Pre-Secundary) and revision
of Primary Curriculum - Universidade do
Minho, ESE Porto – UNICEF 2009-2010)
 History and Geography Curriculum,
 General Secondary Education
(Universidade Braga, Fundacao
Gulbenkian, IPAD 2009-2010)
 Technical and vocational education
Curriculum (looking for funding)
 Basic Principles :
Access, Quality and Relevance

 Retention and drop-outs in Basic

Education
 More Secondary Technical and
vocational opportunities and courses
relevant to development
 Higher Education – More relevant
courses, accreditation (institutional
and programmatic) - NCAAA
 HRD Development
 New HRD Development Policy
 Basic Competence for Teachers: (1)
Languages, (2) Technical, (3) Pedagogic no
(4) Professional Ethics
 Training
 Intensive Training during long break time (in-
service)
 Intensified Bacharelato Program
 Pre-Service Training
 New Teacher Carrier Regime
 Scholarship Programs
 Reform of Education
Management
 New Establishment of Escolas Basicas
(9 years)
 Introducing the concept of “ Escola
Nueva” (Eskola Foun) – 2009 Pilot
Project
 Reorganizing Secondary Schools and
Technical vocational schools)
 Improving Data Base (EMIS)
 Eradication of Illiteracy
 Intensifying the National Literacy Campaign
(total up to now 25.000 graduates)
 Oécusse and Ataúro to be declared free in
2010
 Will be modeled to the whole Timor-Leste
 Equivalence Programs
Investments in Education
Sector
Comparison in Asia
Obrigado Barak
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