President of the Latin American and Caribbean Association of Educators (AELAC), Roberto Herrera. Photo: PL

Havana, Feb 1 (RHC) During the Congress Pedagogy 2023, the president of the Latin American and Caribbean Association of Educators (AELAC), Roberto Herrera, highlighted the region's experiences in maintaining classes despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

This year, the dialogue on the so-called ubiquitous school is of great interest, a concept that emerged during the Covid-19 confinement from virtuality and demanded a great effort from educational systems and teachers in the region to continue functioning, said the Mexican pedagogue.

He added that the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus revealed the weaknesses of the regional education systems, which were not prepared in the management of technologies and methodologies for virtual education.

Several countries were unable to guarantee a free access model, while others showed that investment in education is not sufficient. For this reason, in many countries governments have strengthened technological systems because this modality is here to stay, said Herrera.

According to the teacher, Pedagogy 2023 allowed us to talk about these issues to find more solutions to these common problems so now the challenge is how to bring these good experiences to the classroom and teacher training curricula.

The pandemic showed that we need a more supportive, humanistic, inclusive, and democratic education, he said.

Herrera stressed that the Congress in Havana ratifies the worldwide recognition of the development of pedagogical sciences in Cuba despite the economic, commercial, and financial blockade by the United States.

The AELAC, which will hold its general assembly during Pedagogy 2023, emerged in 1990 precisely in one of these meetings and currently has a presence in 17 countries where it creates spaces to promote academic exchange and professional development of teachers. (Source: PL)