This was a pilot initiative of the Regional Secretariat of the Ministry of Education whose purpose was to provide technical assistance to priority schools in the region, with the purpose of improving the quality of the education provided.
Educational technical assistance
24 priority schools
24,000 students
Educational technical assistance
24 priority schools
24,000 students
Requested by: Ministry of Education
Work field: Educational technical assistance
Implementation: 2002–2005
Description: The pilot initiative of the Regional Secretariat of the Ministry of Education, was to provide technical assistance to priority schools in the region, to improve the quality of the education provided.
ORT Chile developed and implemented an innovative intervention strategy focused which on the culture of each school, taking into consideration individual dynamics, history, self-image, student, professor and management characteristics, as well as problems specific to each institution. We identified the main factors that had affected poor results, and addressed them through training and support processes relevant to the specific reality of each school.
Schools that persistently obtained poor results in the System of Measurement of the Quality of Education (SIMCE) test, high levels of socio-economic vulnerability and management problems were considered as “Priority Schools”.