Inter Face: Emmanuel Buteau, Edikasyon an jeneral (2)

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Title:
Inter Face: Emmanuel Buteau, Edikasyon an jeneral (2)
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  • Inter Face : Emmanuel Buteau, Éducation en général (2)
  • Inter Face: Emmanuel Buteau, Education in general (2)
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Inter Face
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Date:
September 6, 2002
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  • Profesè Emmanuel Buteau, ansyen Minis Edikasyon, pale avèk J.J. Dominique sou edikasyon an Ayiti an jeneral. Li dekri jan sistèm edikatif Ayiti a baze sou modèl franse a, epi li pa chanje anpil depi li fèt. Refòm Bèna te yon pa enpòtan, men kèlke paran te reziste edikasyon primè k ap fèt an kreyòl, yo te pito enskri pitit yo nan lekòl swadizan frankofòn (menm si pwofesè yo menm pa t fin fò nan franse). Buteau pale tou sou refòm edikasyon sekondè ki te kreye diferan filyè (akademik epi teknik), ki te fè anpil moun pa valorize travay teknik; yo te konn panse si w pa yon entelektyèl, ou se yon enbesil. Dominique vrèman jennen anfas lide "bak aleje" (yon egzamen bakaloreya ki pi leje). Anpil moun ki gen mwayen pa fè sistèm edikasyon Ayiti a konfyans; yo pito voye pitit yo al etidye lòt bò dlo oubyen yo enskri yo nan lekòl an Ayiti ki gen pwogram etid etranje. Pandan setan, gen fanmi pòv ki pa ka voye pitit yo lekòl ditou. Vrè chanjman nan sistèm edikasyon an pral egzije gwo angajman politik avèk moun ki vrèman kwè nan edikasyon.

  • Professor Emmanuel Buteau, former Minister of Education, speaks with J.J. Dominique about education in Haiti in general. He describes how the Haitian educational system is based on the French model, and it has undergone relatively few reforms since then. The Bernard reform was an important step, but some parents resisted Haitian Creole primary education, instead enrolling their children in schools that supposedly taught French (though many of those did so poorly). Buteau also discusses secondary education reforms that created different tracks of study (academic and vocational tracks), which made people undervalue manual labor and think that anyone who is not an intellectual is an imbecile. Dominique is particularly horrified by the "bacc allégé" (the lightened, streamlined national examination). Many people of means do not have faith in the Haitian educational system, instead sending their children abroad or to foreign-curriculum schools in Haiti, while still other poor families are unable to send their children to school at all. Reforming the educational system in Haiti will require political commitment and people who truly believe in education.

  • Le professeur Emmanuel Buteau, ancien ministre de l’Éducation, parle de l’éducation en général au micro de J.J. Dominique. Il décrit comment le système éducatif haïtien, basé sur le modèle français, n’a pas évolué depuis ses débuts. La réforme Bernard a été un pas important, mais quelques parents résistaient à l’enseignement primaire en créole. Ils préféraient inscrire leurs enfants dans des soi-disant écoles francophones (même si les professeurs eux-mêmes s’exprimaient à peine en français). Buteau parle aussi de la réforme de l’éducation secondaire qui a crée des filières différentes (académique et technique), ce qui a dévalorisé le travail technique; les gens pensaient que si on n’est pas un intellectuel on est un imbécile. Dominique est inconfortable avec l’idée d’un bac allégé. Les familles aisées qui n’ont pas confiance dans le système éducatif haïtien préfèrent envoyer leurs enfants à l’étranger, ou les inscrivent dans des écoles haïtiennes qui suivent un programme étranger. En même temps, il existe des familles pauvres incapables d’envoyer leurs enfants à l’école. Un vrai changement dans le système éducatif demande un réel engagement politique, avec des gens qui croient en l’éducation.

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Haitian; Haitian Creole
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RL10059CS1180
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