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== Partners and experts situated in Argentina ==
== Partners and experts situated in Argentina ==
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[[Image:Argentina.png|left|thumb| Map of Argentina, source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Commons] ]]
[[Image:Argentina.png|left|thumb| Map of Argentina, source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Commons] ]]


''Argentina'', officially the '''Argentine Republic''' (Spanish: '''República Argentina'''), is a country in [[South America]], constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city. It is the second largest country in South America and eighth in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though [[Mexico]], [[Colombia]] and [[Spain]] are more populous. Its continental area is 2,766,890 square kilometres (1,068,300 sq mi), between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south.  
''Argentina'', officially the '''Argentine Republic''' (Spanish: '''República Argentina'''), is a country in [[South America]], constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city. It is the second largest country in South America after Brazil and eighth in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though [[Mexico]], [[Colombia]] and [[Spain]] are more populous. Its continental area is 2,766,890 square kilometres (1,068,300 sq mi), between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south.  


Argentina borders [[Paraguay]] and [[Bolivia]] to the north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] to the northeast, and [[Chile]] to the west and south.  
Argentina borders [[Paraguay]] and [[Bolivia]] to the north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] to the northeast, and [[Chile]] to the west and south.  


The population of Argentina is just over 40 million.
The population of Argentina is just over 40 million. {{#set:Has population=40,000,000}}
 
The capital of Argentina is Buenos Aires. {{#set:Has capital=Buenos Aires}}
 
The country is currently classified as an Upper-Middle Income Country or as a secondary emerging market by the World Bank.  A recognised middle power, Argentina is Latin America's third-largest economy. Within Latin America, Argentina has the fifth highest nominal GDP per capita and the highest in purchasing power terms. Argentina is a founding member of the United Nations, Mercosur, the Union of South American Nations, the OEI, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization, and is one of the G-15 and G-20 major economies.


Argentina has the second highest Human Development Index level and the second highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power parity in Latin America. Argentina's nominal GDP is the 30th largest in the world; but when purchasing power is taken into account, its total GDP makes it the 23rd largest economy in the world.
The Argentine Constitution of 1853 mandates a separation of powers into executive, legislative, and judicial branches at the national and provincial level. The political framework is a federal representative democratic republic, in which the President is both head of state and head of government, complemented by a pluriform multi-party system.


The country is currently classified as an Upper-Middle Income Country or as a secondary emerging market by the World Bank.
Executive power resides in the President and the Cabinet. The President and Vice President are directly elected to four-year terms and are limited to two terms. Cabinet ministers are appointed by the President and are not subject to legislative ratification. The current President is Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, with Julio Cobos as Vice President.


Argentina is also one of the G-20 major economies.
Legislative power is vested in the bicameral National Congress, comprising a 72-member Senate and a 257-member Chamber of Deputies. Senators serve six-year terms, with one-third standing for re-election every two years. Members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected to four-year terms by a proportional representation system, with half of the members standing for re-election every two years. A third of the candidates presented by the parties must be women.


The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The Supreme Court has seven members appointed by the President in consultation with the Senate. The judges of all the other courts are appointed by the Council of Magistrates of the Nation, a secretariat composed of representatives of judges, lawyers, the Congress and the executive.
Though declared the capital in 1853, Buenos Aires did not become the official Capital until 1880. The 1994 amendment of the Argentine Constitution included a limited form of devolution to Buenos Aires. The national government reserved control of the Argentine Federal Police (the federally administered city force), the Port of Buenos Aires, and other faculties, however.
Argentina is divided into twenty-three provinces (provincias; singular provincia) and one Autonomous City. Buenos Aires Province is divided into 134 partidos, while the remaining Provinces are divided into 376 departments (departamentos). Departments and Partidos are further subdivided into municipalities or districts. With the exception of Buenos Aires Province, the nation's provinces have chosen in recent years to enter into treaties with other provinces, forming four federated regions aimed at fostering economic integration and development: Center Region, Patagonic Region, New Cuyo Region, and the Argentine Greater North Region.


'''Sourced''' from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Wikipedia's page on Argentina]
'''Sourced''' from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Wikipedia's page on Argentina]
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Adults in Argentina have spent an average of 8.8 years in school - the highest amount for any South American country.  The primary completion rate is 99% and 79.1% of young people are enrolled in secondary establishments.
Adults in Argentina have spent an average of 8.8 years in school - the highest amount for any South American country.  The primary completion rate is 99% and 79.1% of young people are enrolled in secondary establishments.
The Argentine school system consists of an elementary or lower school level lasting six or seven years, and a secondary or high school level lasting between five to six years. In the 1990s, the system was split into different types of high school instruction, called Educacion Secundaria and the Polimodal. Some provinces adopted the Polimodal while others did not. A project in the executive branch to repeal this measure and return to a more traditional secondary level system was approved in 2006


Compulsory education lasts for 9 years, and comprises grades first to ninth and is called ''Educación General Básica'' or EGB (Basic General Education). It is divided in three ''ciclos'' (cycles):
Compulsory education lasts for 9 years, and comprises grades first to ninth and is called ''Educación General Básica'' or EGB (Basic General Education). It is divided in three ''ciclos'' (cycles):
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# EGB III: 7th, 8th and 9th school years.
# EGB III: 7th, 8th and 9th school years.


The first 6 years are spent in primary schools and EGB III comprises the first 3 years of the six year secondary curriculum.  EGB is mandatory to all students, although desertion is high in some parts of the country and laws intended to prevent this are rarely enforced.
The first 6 years are spent in primary schools and EGB III comprises the first 3 years of the six year secondary curriculum.  EGB is mandatory to all students, although desertion is high in some parts of the country and laws intended to prevent this are rarely enforced. Once the EGB phase is completed, the student finishes the mandatory schooling period and can choose to start secondary education, called ''Polimodal'', which usually last two to three more years. The third stage is higher education.
 
Once the EGB phase is completed, the student finishes the mandatory schooling period and can choose to start secondary education, called ''Polimodal'', which usually last two to three more years. The third stage is higher education.
 
 
Education is funded by tax payers at all levels except for the majority of graduate studies. There are many private school institutions in the primary, secondary and university levels. Around 11.4 million people were enrolled in formal education of some kind in 2005.


Education is funded by tax payers at all levels except for the majority of graduate studies. There are many private school institutions in the primary, secondary and university levels. Around 11.4 million people were enrolled in formal education of some kind in 2006, including 1.5 million in the nation's 85 universities.


Adapted from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Argentina Wikipedia]
'''Adapted''' from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Argentina Education in Argentina]
'''Adapted''' from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Argentina Education in Argentina]


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*7327 with a seven year cycle
*7327 with a seven year cycle
*14900 with a six year cycle
*14900 with a six year cycle
Primary education comprises the first two EGB cycles (grades 1–6). Because of the system that was in place until 1995 (7 years of primary school plus 5 or 6 of secondary school), primary schools used to offer grades 1–7, although most are already converted to accept 8th and 9th, others chose to eliminate 7th grade altogether, forcing the students to complete the 3rd cycle in another institution.


13412 '''Secondary''' (Secundaria):
13412 '''Secondary''' (Secundaria):
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*1294 providing only Ciclo Orientado (upper secondary)
*1294 providing only Ciclo Orientado (upper secondary)
*7230 providing both Ciclo Básico and Ciclo Orientado
*7230 providing both Ciclo Básico and Ciclo Orientado
Secondary education in Argentina is called Polimodal ("polymodal", that is, having multiple modes), since it allows the student to choose his/her orientation. Polimodal is not yet obligatory but its completion is a requirement to enter colleges across the nation. Polimodal is usually 3 years of schooling, although some schools have a fourth year. Conversely to what happened on primary schools, most secondary schools in Argentina contained grades 8th and 9th, plus Polimodal (old secondary) but then started converting to accept also 7th grade students, thus allowing them to keep their same classmates for the whole EGB III cycle. This is different however, in the city of Buenos Aires (and several provinces), where Polimodal does not exist. The capital keeps in use the Traditional Argentine education system, composed of seven years of primary education (EGB I and EGB II, with the last two years composing EGB III) and five years of secondary education (the first three of which are of a more general education, with more focus on the specilisation starting in the last two years). The secondary education system is thus divided in three large groups, "Bachiller" schools (very similar to grammar schools with a huge emphasis on humanistic studies), "Comercial" schools (focusing on economic sciences and everything related to it) and "Escuelas Técnicas" (with a focus on technical and scientific assignments, this one having the particularity of lasting six years instead of five, it used to be called "Industrial") each one subdivided in more specific orientations related to its main branch. Currently there are no plans to adopt the Polimodal system in the city of Buenos Aires, but rather, several provinces with that system are seriously considering a reform of it, with many opting for the traditional system still used in Buenos Aires. Examples of provinces that use the Traditional system include (besides the capital): Córdoba, Río Negro, and La Pampa.
Argentina's network of vocational schools, many under the auspices of the National Technological University (UTN), have historically given students viable alternatives, as well.


Approximately 25% of Argentinian children attend private schools. Of those, some 63% attend a private school managed by the Catholic Church, and the rest attend non-religious schools. Many private schools follow the European system or the American school system and a few follow the American school calendar (from September to June, with breaks at Christmas and Easter in addition to the long summer holiday) as well.
Approximately 25% of Argentinian children attend private schools. Of those, some 63% attend a private school managed by the Catholic Church, and the rest attend non-religious schools. Many private schools follow the European system or the American school system and a few follow the American school calendar (from September to June, with breaks at Christmas and Easter in addition to the long summer holiday) as well.
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== Further and Higher education in Argentina ==
== Further and Higher education in Argentina ==
Argentine higher education system is based, since its conception during the colonial period, on the old and dogmatic Spanish higher education system, which is basically a Continental education system (opposed to the Anglo-Saxon Model). An historic point took place in the Latin American University Revolution that finally paved the way to the modernisation of the Argentinian higher university systems as it is known nowadays. Since its foundation, it was focused on the teaching of Professions offering Professional degrees.
It is divided in three levels .
*Tertiary Education level: 1- to 3-years degrees related to education or technical professions like Teachers, Professorship, Technicians.
*University level: 4- to 6-years Professional education taught at Universities offering four different degrees Licentiate, Engineering degree, Medic Title, Attorney Title.
*Post-graduate level: This is a specialized and research-oriented education level. It is roughly divided in a first sub-level where a Specialist degree or Master degree can be obtained and a higher sub-level where a Doctorate degree could be achieved.
Argentina maintains a network of 39 National universities, financed by the Ministry of Education since 1946. Private and parochial universities are also abundant, numbering 46 among the active institutions and they enroll about a sixth of the collegiate student body (see University reform in Argentina and List of Argentine universities). Summing up, over 1.5 million students attend institutions of higher learning in Argentina, annually (roughly half the population of college age).
Argentina does not have a standard and common system of examination after high school, thus admission to universities is strictly defined by each university. Moreover, a steady degradation in primary and secondary education created a huge difference between the required level to enter a university and the level achieved by the high school students. Some universities like University of Buenos Aires cope with this issue by creating a 1-year shared program called CBC that students need to complete in order to join the university. This acts like some sort of admittance course, equivalent to matriculation.
The doctoral fields of study in Argentina are generally research-oriented doctoral studies, leading mostly to the awarding of the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Medicine, and Doctor of Law, among others. Enrollment in doctorate programs in Argentina is available to candidates having earned a Licentiate, Professorships Engineer's degree or Master's degree in a related area of study.
Doctoral fields of study mostly pertain to one of five fields of knowledge: Applied Sciences, Basic Sciences, Health Sciences, Human Sciences and Social Sciences. The doctoral studies offered by the Argentine universities include multiple fields and do have national and international validity of the degrees granted.


=== Universities in Argentina ===
=== Universities in Argentina ===
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=== Schools ===
=== Schools ===
 
In December 2006 the Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Congress approved a new National Education Law restoring the old system of primary followed by secondary education, making secondary education obligatory and a right, and increasing the length of compulsory education to 13 years. The government vowed to put the law in effect gradually, starting in 2007.
=== Post-secondary ===
=== Post-secondary ===
The Argentine university reform of 1918 was a general modernisation of the universities, especially tending towards democratisation, brought about by student activism about the topics
The Argentine university reform of 1918 was a general modernisation of the universities, especially tending towards democratisation, brought about by student activism about the topics
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=== Post-secondary ===
=== Post-secondary ===
Argentina maintains a network of national universities that are financed by the [[Ministerio de Educación de la Nación]]  and therefore tuition-free, since 1946. Private and parochial universities are also abundantly present, but their cost often reserves them only to more affluent students, and they enroll about a sixth of the collegiate student body. In all, over 1.5 million students attend institutions of higher learning in Argentina annually (roughly half the population of college age).
Argentina maintains a network of national universities that are financed by the [[Ministerio de Educación de la Nación]]  and therefore tuition-free, since 1946. Although students are not required to pay any kind of fee at these universities, hidden costs of education, like transportation and materials, are often neglected and a lack of a well-developed and widespread scholarship system forbids students from low-income families to enroll in public universities: for each eight students from the 20 % upper-income class, there is only one student from the 20 % lower-income class. In contrast, post-graduate education at all universities requires some form of funding and is generally not free.
 
Additionally, financial pressure to freshman college students force them to join the work force before graduation, thus it is very common for young students to have full-time jobs and at the same time study at the University. This is considered beneficial because when the students graduate they already have working experience, though this could also be one of the causes of the high ratio of dropouts.
 
Private and parochial universities are also abundantly present, but their cost often reserves them only to more affluent students, and they enroll about a sixth of the collegiate student body. In all, over 1.5 million students attend institutions of higher learning in Argentina annually (roughly half the population of college age).


'''Adapted''' from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Argentina Education in Argentina]
'''Adapted''' from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Argentina Education in Argentina]
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=== Post-secondary ===
=== Post-secondary ===
Academic regulations governing doctorates, and their corresponding fields, in Argentina prescribe that all graduate courses must be accredited by the National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation. This entity stands as a public and decentralized body working under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, Science and Technology. It administers the process of evaluation and accreditation for all doctorate programs, and is responsible for the institutional evaluation of all such programs at a national level. Graduate programs, including the Doctorados (PhDs), set standards per guidelines set forth by the Ministry of Science and Technology, together with the Universities Council.
Additionally, external evaluations of the doctoral programs are carried out by the National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation, or private entities created to that effect, together with the participation of academic peers. Argentine institutions of higher education provide further accreditation by international establishments to many of their courses of studies.
Under the ministry, the '''''Dirección Nacional de Gestión Universitaria''''' (National Bureau of University Management) is responsible for the following actions:
Under the ministry, the '''''Dirección Nacional de Gestión Universitaria''''' (National Bureau of University Management) is responsible for the following actions:


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== Information society ==
== Information society ==
<!-- for some background on this rather vague but still pervasive concept see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_society  -->
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=== Internet in Argentina ===
<!--  focussing on  statistics, rankings, technology and uptake  -->
=== Educational internets in Argentina ===
<!-- cover NREN and schools networking  -->
<!-- include any Re.ViCa material from the section "Country's HEIs in the information society"  -->
=== Copyright law in Argentina ===
<!-- cover copyright, Creative Commons, open access publishing and open educational resource licenses  -->
<!-- cover current law and proposed changes in the law  -->


== ICT in education initiatives ==
== ICT in education initiatives ==
DiNIECE


Training Plan: Virtual Campus
'''[[ORT Campus Virtual]]'''


The National Information and Evaluation of Educational Quality (DiNIECE) under the Undersecretary for Educational Planning, is the unit of the Ministry of Education main mission is to provide quality and timely information for planning, management and evaluation of educational policy and facilitating access to public information in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations for Access to Public Information established by Decree 1172/03.
This offers virtual education at all levels from '''secundaria ciclo básico''' to higher education.


In this context, the plan is designed to train the DINIECE in order to provide theoretical and methodological update management teams, supervisors, teachers, professionals and technicians of the jurisdictions of the country in relation to the production and analysis information regarding different aspects of the national education system, aimed at improving quality and equity.


- Proposed Training -
'''[http://diniece.me.gov.ar/campusdiniece DiNIECE]'''


The training proposal, through the virtual campus, space instrumentation aimed at updating and sharing the different profiles that work in the educational system of jurisdictions. From an annual supply of courses, forums and various training activities through the virtual mode, accompanied by a tutorial system updates are offered on topics related to the valuation of the quality of education, educational research and statistical information among the most important of which are oriented to the profiles technicians, professionals, managers and teachers. These activities, some are custom designed at the request of the jurisdictions, according to their own needs.
The Ministry of Education department for quality assurance operates a Virtual Campus for internal training in evaluating educational policy, training education managers and teachers and facilitating public access to information. Its stated aims are improving quality and equity.


This approach promotes the democratization of content that are working in the DINIECE and allows greater coordination with the provinces, making it possible to integrate those who are geographically distant. Thus, it is possible to reach a large number of participants and socialize different productions in favor of an education policy based on quality, social inclusion and academic excellence.
Its '''general purpose''' is training and updating in the analysis of qualitative and quantitative information from the education sector, with the aim of establishing a relationship between the different areas and teams are responsible for the survey of information and dealing with HR management in the state sector.


Methodologically in activities that require it, combines virtual instances trying to consolidate classroom teaching interaction, while greater integration between the provincial and the Ministry of Education.
Its '''specific objectives''' are:
*Promoting the exchange of knowledge and educational experiences.
*Facilitating the acquisition of knowledge and skills required for analysis of various information resources in the area of ​​public policy management.
*Contributing to the formation and transfer of knowledge, methodologies and tools to provincial centres.
*Strengthening the Federal Network of Educational Information.


General Purpose


Exchange, training and updating in the analysis of qualitative and quantitative information from the education sector with the aim of establishing a relationship between the different areas and teams are responsible for the survey of information and dealing with labor-management facilities the state sector.
=== Virtual initiatives in schools ===


Specific objectives:
[http://www.facebook.com/pages/El-Surco-La-escuela-Virtual/307698962984?v=info#info_edit_sections El Surco. La Escuela Virtual] Primary, secondary and adults - Mendoza Argentina.  Website is currently unreachable - this is Facebook page


    Promote the exchange of knowledge and educational experiences.
'''OLPC Argentina'''
    Facilitating the acquisition of knowledge and skills required for the treatment of various information resources in the area of ​​public policy management.
    Contribute to the formation and transfer of knowledge, methodologies and tools to the provincial
    Strengthen the Federal Network of Educational Information.


Recipients:
OLPC reports that there are 60,000 XO laptops in Argentina (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Argentina)


Professionals, technicians, teaching teams, managers, supervisors selected by each jurisdiction to participate in the various instances of updating and training.
See also the blog posting at http://blog.laptop.org/2010/08/05/argentina-embraces-olpc-supports-bolivia/


Requirements:
==== OER initiatives in schools ====


    Internet access and enable an e-mail.
    Endorsed by the heads of national jurisdiction.
=== Virtual initiatives in schools ===


=== Virtual initiatives in post-secondary education ===
=== Virtual initiatives in post-secondary education ===


* [[Universidad Virtual de Quilmes]]
The [http://www.colegiovirtual.org/directorio/educacion/universidades/argentina/buenos_aires.htm ColegioVirtual.org] directory gives a full list of online courses and virtual campuses for higher education and professional training in the Buenos Aires area.


'''[[Universidad Virtual de Quilmes]]'''


The ''Universidad Virtual de Quilmes'' (Virtual University of Quilmes):
The ''Universidad Virtual de Quilmes'' (Virtual University of Quilmes):
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====Distance Learning====
==== Distance Learning ====
 
Projects run programs or in the form of distance education are presented for the first time, in order to gain official recognition and the resulting national validity at the level of university education both public and private, national, provincial and international.
Projects run programs or in the form of distance education are presented for the first time, in order to gain official recognition and the resulting national validity at the level of university education both public and private, national, provincial and international.


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==== Interesting Programmes ====
==== Interesting Programmes ====
* [[Universidad del Salvador]]
* [[Universidad del Salvador]]
* [[Universidad Maimónides]]
* [[Universidad Maimónides]]
==== OER initiatives in post-secondary education ====


==  Lessons learnt ==
==  Lessons learnt ==
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== References ==
== References ==
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Wikipedia's page on Argentina]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Wikipedia's page on Argentina]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina#Education Wikipedia's page on Argentina > Education] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Argentina Education in Argentina]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina#Education Wikipedia's page on Argentina > Education] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Argentina Education in Argentina]
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Latest revision as of 14:48, 10 May 2023

Report created by multiple authors with main contributor for higher education Gertjan, a student, formerly at ATiT. Main contributor for schools and colleges Giles Pepler
For entities in Argentina see Category:Argentina


For a description of OER in Argentina see Argentina/OER


Partners and experts situated in Argentina

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Argentina in a nutshell

Map of Argentina, source: Wikimedia Commons

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina), is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city. It is the second largest country in South America after Brazil and eighth in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous. Its continental area is 2,766,890 square kilometres (1,068,300 sq mi), between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south.

Argentina borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south.

The population of Argentina is just over 40 million.

The capital of Argentina is Buenos Aires.

The country is currently classified as an Upper-Middle Income Country or as a secondary emerging market by the World Bank. A recognised middle power, Argentina is Latin America's third-largest economy. Within Latin America, Argentina has the fifth highest nominal GDP per capita and the highest in purchasing power terms. Argentina is a founding member of the United Nations, Mercosur, the Union of South American Nations, the OEI, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization, and is one of the G-15 and G-20 major economies.

The Argentine Constitution of 1853 mandates a separation of powers into executive, legislative, and judicial branches at the national and provincial level. The political framework is a federal representative democratic republic, in which the President is both head of state and head of government, complemented by a pluriform multi-party system.

Executive power resides in the President and the Cabinet. The President and Vice President are directly elected to four-year terms and are limited to two terms. Cabinet ministers are appointed by the President and are not subject to legislative ratification. The current President is Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, with Julio Cobos as Vice President.

Legislative power is vested in the bicameral National Congress, comprising a 72-member Senate and a 257-member Chamber of Deputies. Senators serve six-year terms, with one-third standing for re-election every two years. Members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected to four-year terms by a proportional representation system, with half of the members standing for re-election every two years. A third of the candidates presented by the parties must be women.

The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The Supreme Court has seven members appointed by the President in consultation with the Senate. The judges of all the other courts are appointed by the Council of Magistrates of the Nation, a secretariat composed of representatives of judges, lawyers, the Congress and the executive.

Though declared the capital in 1853, Buenos Aires did not become the official Capital until 1880. The 1994 amendment of the Argentine Constitution included a limited form of devolution to Buenos Aires. The national government reserved control of the Argentine Federal Police (the federally administered city force), the Port of Buenos Aires, and other faculties, however.

Argentina is divided into twenty-three provinces (provincias; singular provincia) and one Autonomous City. Buenos Aires Province is divided into 134 partidos, while the remaining Provinces are divided into 376 departments (departamentos). Departments and Partidos are further subdivided into municipalities or districts. With the exception of Buenos Aires Province, the nation's provinces have chosen in recent years to enter into treaties with other provinces, forming four federated regions aimed at fostering economic integration and development: Center Region, Patagonic Region, New Cuyo Region, and the Argentine Greater North Region.

Sourced from Wikipedia's page on Argentina

Education in Argentina

After independence, Argentina constructed a national public education system in comparison to other nations, placing the country high up in the global rankings of literacy. Today the country has a literacy rate of 97%, and three in eight adults over age 20 have completed secondary school studies or higher.

Education in Argentina is a responsibility shared by the national government, the provinces and federal district and private institutions, though basic guidelines have historically been set by the Ministry of Education.


Sourced from Wikipedia's page on Argentina > Education, Education in Argentina and Nationmaster


The ministry responsible for education is called the Ministerio de Educación de la Nación (Ministry of National Education).

Education in Argentina is divided in three phases as in other countries: primary education or "Basic General Education", secondary education and higher education.

Adults in Argentina have spent an average of 8.8 years in school - the highest amount for any South American country. The primary completion rate is 99% and 79.1% of young people are enrolled in secondary establishments.

The Argentine school system consists of an elementary or lower school level lasting six or seven years, and a secondary or high school level lasting between five to six years. In the 1990s, the system was split into different types of high school instruction, called Educacion Secundaria and the Polimodal. Some provinces adopted the Polimodal while others did not. A project in the executive branch to repeal this measure and return to a more traditional secondary level system was approved in 2006

Compulsory education lasts for 9 years, and comprises grades first to ninth and is called Educación General Básica or EGB (Basic General Education). It is divided in three ciclos (cycles):

  1. EGB I: 1st, 2nd and 3rd school years
  2. EGB II: 4th, 5th and 6th school years
  3. EGB III: 7th, 8th and 9th school years.

The first 6 years are spent in primary schools and EGB III comprises the first 3 years of the six year secondary curriculum. EGB is mandatory to all students, although desertion is high in some parts of the country and laws intended to prevent this are rarely enforced. Once the EGB phase is completed, the student finishes the mandatory schooling period and can choose to start secondary education, called Polimodal, which usually last two to three more years. The third stage is higher education.

Education is funded by tax payers at all levels except for the majority of graduate studies. There are many private school institutions in the primary, secondary and university levels. Around 11.4 million people were enrolled in formal education of some kind in 2006, including 1.5 million in the nation's 85 universities.

Adapted from Wikipedia Adapted from Education in Argentina

Schools in Argentina

There are three levels of schools:

17726 Preschool establishments (Inicial):

  • 345 Jardín maternal
  • 15033 Jardín de infantes (Kindergarten)
  • 2348 Both cycles

22227 Primary schools (Primaria):

  • 7327 with a seven year cycle
  • 14900 with a six year cycle

Primary education comprises the first two EGB cycles (grades 1–6). Because of the system that was in place until 1995 (7 years of primary school plus 5 or 6 of secondary school), primary schools used to offer grades 1–7, although most are already converted to accept 8th and 9th, others chose to eliminate 7th grade altogether, forcing the students to complete the 3rd cycle in another institution.

13412 Secondary (Secundaria):

  • 4888 providing only Ciclo Básico (basic secondary education)
  • 1294 providing only Ciclo Orientado (upper secondary)
  • 7230 providing both Ciclo Básico and Ciclo Orientado

Secondary education in Argentina is called Polimodal ("polymodal", that is, having multiple modes), since it allows the student to choose his/her orientation. Polimodal is not yet obligatory but its completion is a requirement to enter colleges across the nation. Polimodal is usually 3 years of schooling, although some schools have a fourth year. Conversely to what happened on primary schools, most secondary schools in Argentina contained grades 8th and 9th, plus Polimodal (old secondary) but then started converting to accept also 7th grade students, thus allowing them to keep their same classmates for the whole EGB III cycle. This is different however, in the city of Buenos Aires (and several provinces), where Polimodal does not exist. The capital keeps in use the Traditional Argentine education system, composed of seven years of primary education (EGB I and EGB II, with the last two years composing EGB III) and five years of secondary education (the first three of which are of a more general education, with more focus on the specilisation starting in the last two years). The secondary education system is thus divided in three large groups, "Bachiller" schools (very similar to grammar schools with a huge emphasis on humanistic studies), "Comercial" schools (focusing on economic sciences and everything related to it) and "Escuelas Técnicas" (with a focus on technical and scientific assignments, this one having the particularity of lasting six years instead of five, it used to be called "Industrial") each one subdivided in more specific orientations related to its main branch. Currently there are no plans to adopt the Polimodal system in the city of Buenos Aires, but rather, several provinces with that system are seriously considering a reform of it, with many opting for the traditional system still used in Buenos Aires. Examples of provinces that use the Traditional system include (besides the capital): Córdoba, Río Negro, and La Pampa.

Argentina's network of vocational schools, many under the auspices of the National Technological University (UTN), have historically given students viable alternatives, as well.

Approximately 25% of Argentinian children attend private schools. Of those, some 63% attend a private school managed by the Catholic Church, and the rest attend non-religious schools. Many private schools follow the European system or the American school system and a few follow the American school calendar (from September to June, with breaks at Christmas and Easter in addition to the long summer holiday) as well.

The Ministry of Education designs the curriculum and standards that all schools in Argentina must meet in order to be accredited, so there are no great variations in core content taught in the public versus the private system. However, private schools are given leeway to add and adapt courses to fit their philosophy and framework, and private schools generally offer better facilities and smaller class sizes because of their fee-based nature. In fact, they can be very expensive. One of the most popular American-style schools located in Buenos Aires, called Lincoln, costs between $10,000 (Kindergarten) and $16,000 (high school) per year.

Information for 2008 from Ministry of Education and Guiding you Abroad

Further and Higher education in Argentina

Argentine higher education system is based, since its conception during the colonial period, on the old and dogmatic Spanish higher education system, which is basically a Continental education system (opposed to the Anglo-Saxon Model). An historic point took place in the Latin American University Revolution that finally paved the way to the modernisation of the Argentinian higher university systems as it is known nowadays. Since its foundation, it was focused on the teaching of Professions offering Professional degrees.

It is divided in three levels .

  • Tertiary Education level: 1- to 3-years degrees related to education or technical professions like Teachers, Professorship, Technicians.
  • University level: 4- to 6-years Professional education taught at Universities offering four different degrees Licentiate, Engineering degree, Medic Title, Attorney Title.
  • Post-graduate level: This is a specialized and research-oriented education level. It is roughly divided in a first sub-level where a Specialist degree or Master degree can be obtained and a higher sub-level where a Doctorate degree could be achieved.

Argentina maintains a network of 39 National universities, financed by the Ministry of Education since 1946. Private and parochial universities are also abundant, numbering 46 among the active institutions and they enroll about a sixth of the collegiate student body (see University reform in Argentina and List of Argentine universities). Summing up, over 1.5 million students attend institutions of higher learning in Argentina, annually (roughly half the population of college age).

Argentina does not have a standard and common system of examination after high school, thus admission to universities is strictly defined by each university. Moreover, a steady degradation in primary and secondary education created a huge difference between the required level to enter a university and the level achieved by the high school students. Some universities like University of Buenos Aires cope with this issue by creating a 1-year shared program called CBC that students need to complete in order to join the university. This acts like some sort of admittance course, equivalent to matriculation.

The doctoral fields of study in Argentina are generally research-oriented doctoral studies, leading mostly to the awarding of the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Medicine, and Doctor of Law, among others. Enrollment in doctorate programs in Argentina is available to candidates having earned a Licentiate, Professorships Engineer's degree or Master's degree in a related area of study.

Doctoral fields of study mostly pertain to one of five fields of knowledge: Applied Sciences, Basic Sciences, Health Sciences, Human Sciences and Social Sciences. The doctoral studies offered by the Argentine universities include multiple fields and do have national and international validity of the degrees granted.


Universities in Argentina

NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES

  1. UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES
  2. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CATAMARCA
  3. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHILECITO
  4. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CORDOBA
  5. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO
  6. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ENTRE RÍOS
  7. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE FORMOSA
  8. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE GENERAL SAN MARTÍN
  9. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE GENERAL SARMIENTO
  10. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY
  11. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA MATANZA
  12. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA
  13. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL
  14. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BSCO
  15. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA
  16. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA RIOJA
  17. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LANÚS
  18. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOMAS DE ZAMORA
  19. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LUJÁN
  20. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA
  21. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES
  22. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES
  23. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO CUARTO
  24. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO
  25. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA
  26. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN
  27. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS
  28. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO
  29. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRES DE FEBRERO
  30. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN
  31. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE VILLA MARÍA
  32. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
  33. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE
  34. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL
  35. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE
  36. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NOROESTE DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
  37. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR
  38. UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA NACIONAL
  39. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO
  40. UNIVERSIDAD NACiONAL DEL CHACO AUSTRAL


PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITIES

  1. UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ENTRE RÍOS


PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

  1. UNIVERSIDAD CAECE
  2. PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA ARGENTINA
  3. UNIVERSIDAD ARGENTINA DE LA EMPRESA
  4. UNIVERSIDAD ARGENTINA JOHN F. KENNEDY
  5. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CORDOBA
  6. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CUYO
  7. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA PLATA
  8. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE SALTA
  9. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE SANTA FE
  10. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO
  11. UNIVERSIDAD DE BELGRANO
  12. UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION DEL URUGUAY
  13. UNIVERSIDAD DE MENDOZA
  14. UNIVERSIDAD DE MORON
  15. UNIVERSIDAD DEL ACONCAGUA
  16. UNIVERSIDAD DEL MUSEO SOCIAL ARGENTINO
  17. UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE SANTO TOMAS DE AQUINO
  18. UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR
  19. UNIVERSIDAD DE LA MARINA MERCANTE
  20. UNIVERSIDAD GASTON DACHARY
  21. UNIVERSIDAD JUAN AGUSTIN MAZA
  22. UNIVERSIDAD NOTARIAL ARGENTINA
  23. UNIVERSIDAD ADVENTISTA DEL PLATA
  24. UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL
  25. UNIVERSIDAD CHAMPAGNAT
  26. UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS EMPRESARIALES Y SOCIALES
  27. UNIVERSIDAD DE PALERMO
  28. UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRES
  29. UNIVERSIDAD MAIMONIDES
  30. UNIVERSIDAD BLAS PASCAL
  31. UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA
  32. UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRATERNIDAD DE AGRUP. SANTO TOMAS DE AQUINO
  33. UNIVERSIDAD DE CENTRO EDUCATIVO LATINOAMERICANO
  34. UNIVERSIDAD DEL CINE
  35. UNIVERSIDAD ATLANTIDA ARGENTINA
  36. UNIVERSIDAD DE FLORES
  37. UNIVERSIDAD DE LA CUENCA DEL PLATA
  38. UNIVERSIDAD DEL CONGRESO
  39. UNIVERSIDAD EMPRESARIAL SIGLO 21
  40. UNIVERSIDAD ABIERTA INTERAMERICANA
  41. UNIVERSIDAD DEL CEMA
  42. UNIVERSIDAD FAVALORO
  43. UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN PABLO
  44. UNIVERSIDAD ISALUD


STATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTES

  1. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DE LA POLICIA FEDERAL ARGENTINA
  2. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO AERONAUTICO
  3. INSTITUTO DE ENSEÑANZA SUPERIOR DEL EJERCITO
  4. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO NAVAL
  5. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DE SEGURIDAD MARÍTIMA
  6. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DE GENDARMERÍA NACIONAL
  7. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO NACIONAL DEL ARTE


PRIVATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTES

  1. ESCUELA UNIVERSITARIA DE TEOLOGÍA
  2. INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE BUENOS AIRES
  3. INST. UNIVERSITARIO DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD FUNDACION H.A BARCELO
  4. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO CEMIC
  5. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO "ESCUELA SUP. DE ECONOMIA Y ADMINIS. DE EMPRESAS (ESEADE)
  6. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO "ESCUELA DE MEDICINA DE HOSPITAL ITALIANO
  7. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO ITALIANO DE ROSARIO
  8. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO EVANGELICO - ISEDET
  9. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO ESCUELA ARGENTINA DE NEGOCIOS
  10. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO - IDEA
  11. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DE SALUD MENTAL DE LA ASOCIACIÓN PSICOANALITICA DE BUENOS AIRES
  12. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DEL GRAN ROSARIO


FOREIGN UNIVERSITY

  1. UNIVERSIDAD DE BOLOGNA


INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

  1. (FLACSO) FACULTAD LATINOAMERICANA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES


Sourced from: http://www.me.gov.ar (Spanish) (also in PDF)


Polytechnics in Argentina

Colleges in Argentina

There are 2129 'Superior no universitaria' (non-university colleges) providing tertiary education:

  • 572 providing teacher training only
  • 850 providing vocational training only
  • 639 providing both teacher training and vocational training
  • 68 providing general tertiary education

Education reform

Schools

In December 2006 the Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Congress approved a new National Education Law restoring the old system of primary followed by secondary education, making secondary education obligatory and a right, and increasing the length of compulsory education to 13 years. The government vowed to put the law in effect gradually, starting in 2007.

Post-secondary

The Argentine university reform of 1918 was a general modernisation of the universities, especially tending towards democratisation, brought about by student activism about the topics The demands of the students can be summarized in four or five main topics: university autonomy, co-government, scientific modernisation, tuition and secular education. The events started in Córdoba and spread to the rest of Argentina, and then through much of Latin America.

Sourced from Wikipedia's page on University reform in Argentina.

Administration and finance

The State, the provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are responsible for planning, organizing, supervising and financing the national education system, ensuring access to education at all levels and modalities, creating and managing state-run educational establishments. In turn, the national state creates and funds the National Universities.

Schools

Post-secondary

Argentina maintains a network of national universities that are financed by the Ministerio de Educación de la Nación and therefore tuition-free, since 1946. Although students are not required to pay any kind of fee at these universities, hidden costs of education, like transportation and materials, are often neglected and a lack of a well-developed and widespread scholarship system forbids students from low-income families to enroll in public universities: for each eight students from the 20 % upper-income class, there is only one student from the 20 % lower-income class. In contrast, post-graduate education at all universities requires some form of funding and is generally not free.

Additionally, financial pressure to freshman college students force them to join the work force before graduation, thus it is very common for young students to have full-time jobs and at the same time study at the University. This is considered beneficial because when the students graduate they already have working experience, though this could also be one of the causes of the high ratio of dropouts.

Private and parochial universities are also abundantly present, but their cost often reserves them only to more affluent students, and they enroll about a sixth of the collegiate student body. In all, over 1.5 million students attend institutions of higher learning in Argentina annually (roughly half the population of college age).

Adapted from Education in Argentina

Quality assurance

Dirección Nacional de Información y Evaluación de la Calidad Educativa] DiNIECE) is a department of the Ministry, responsible for quality assurance across all non-university sectors of education.

Schools

Post-secondary

Academic regulations governing doctorates, and their corresponding fields, in Argentina prescribe that all graduate courses must be accredited by the National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation. This entity stands as a public and decentralized body working under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, Science and Technology. It administers the process of evaluation and accreditation for all doctorate programs, and is responsible for the institutional evaluation of all such programs at a national level. Graduate programs, including the Doctorados (PhDs), set standards per guidelines set forth by the Ministry of Science and Technology, together with the Universities Council.

Additionally, external evaluations of the doctoral programs are carried out by the National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation, or private entities created to that effect, together with the participation of academic peers. Argentine institutions of higher education provide further accreditation by international establishments to many of their courses of studies.

Under the ministry, the Dirección Nacional de Gestión Universitaria (National Bureau of University Management) is responsible for the following actions:

- Coordinate the process of creation, modification and deletion of Private Universities Academic units or less, and the licensing procedures and curriculum in connection with the CONEAU which is the Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria (National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation)).

- Understanding the regulation, monitoring and control of the processes of creation, modification and deletion of Private Universities Academic Units or less and in processing the update curricula in connection with the CONEAU.

- Provide technical assistance in their areas of responsibility to the institutions that require it.

- Develop proposals for minimum hourly charges, core curriculum and standards of professional practice intensity in the careers concerned.

- Propose criteria for national validity of academic degrees and titles and understood in its application.

- To perform the duties attached to the Technical Secretariat of the Council of Universities.

Its national director is Mr. Jorge STEIM.


The ministry's web site is at http://www.me.gov.ar/spu/dngu/ (Official web site, Spanish)

Information society

Internet in Argentina

Educational internets in Argentina

Copyright law in Argentina

ICT in education initiatives

ORT Campus Virtual

This offers virtual education at all levels from secundaria ciclo básico to higher education.


DiNIECE

The Ministry of Education department for quality assurance operates a Virtual Campus for internal training in evaluating educational policy, training education managers and teachers and facilitating public access to information. Its stated aims are improving quality and equity.

Its general purpose is training and updating in the analysis of qualitative and quantitative information from the education sector, with the aim of establishing a relationship between the different areas and teams are responsible for the survey of information and dealing with HR management in the state sector.

Its specific objectives are:

  • Promoting the exchange of knowledge and educational experiences.
  • Facilitating the acquisition of knowledge and skills required for analysis of various information resources in the area of ​​public policy management.
  • Contributing to the formation and transfer of knowledge, methodologies and tools to provincial centres.
  • Strengthening the Federal Network of Educational Information.


Virtual initiatives in schools

El Surco. La Escuela Virtual Primary, secondary and adults - Mendoza Argentina. Website is currently unreachable - this is Facebook page

OLPC Argentina

OLPC reports that there are 60,000 XO laptops in Argentina (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Argentina)

See also the blog posting at http://blog.laptop.org/2010/08/05/argentina-embraces-olpc-supports-bolivia/

OER initiatives in schools

Virtual initiatives in post-secondary education

The ColegioVirtual.org directory gives a full list of online courses and virtual campuses for higher education and professional training in the Buenos Aires area.


Universidad Virtual de Quilmes

The Universidad Virtual de Quilmes (Virtual University of Quilmes):

The Quilmes Virtual University Program (Program UVQ) is the Internet's educational proposal of the National University of Quilmes. This is a non-face education initiative that uses integrated software system (Virtual Campus) as the means and environment for the implementation of its proposals for undergraduate and postgraduate training.

The first virtual classroom was opened in March 1999, being the pioneer Argentina UNQ university in pursuing these projects.


Relevant information: http://www.unq.edu.ar/layout/redirect.jsp?idSection=1025 (Spanish)


Distance Learning

Projects run programs or in the form of distance education are presented for the first time, in order to gain official recognition and the resulting national validity at the level of university education both public and private, national, provincial and international.

Relevant information:

Address: Distance Education Unit Abroad Av Belgrano 1370 Piso 12 [1000] Capital Federal Ph: [011] 4382-4146 Fax: [011] 4382-4146 Director Graduate Griselda Beatriz Ascheri consultasuede@eude.edu.ar


Distance Education Program at the National University of Cordoba:


UBA XXI, Universidad de Buenos Aires: http://www.uba.ar/academicos/uba21/ (Spanish)


UNED: http://www.uned.es/webuned/areasgen/info/english10.htm (English). This is a university from Spain, quite popular among other virtual universities in Argentina.


Catholic University of Salta: http://www.ucasal.net/sead/index.htm (Spanish)


e-Learning

EDUTIC: "Our Chamber brings together organizations working in distance education and virtual training outside the country. The e-learning companies, consulting firms and organizations working with virtual training and educational institutions wishing to join can contact us directly to participate in EDUTIC. Additionally, we have a series of workspaces and access to information and events for all professionals in the area interested in participating."

http://www.edutic.org.ar/ (Spanish)


Fedra: an institution which is conceived, born and developed in order to serve the Ongoing Formation of professionals and workers, taking into account the implementation of high impact educational methodologies. This seeks to adapt the use of different technologies to produce materials that allow users to meet labor market needs and professional. Began its activities on 7 June 1993 and comes from the awareness of educational and cultural reality in crisis, this phenomenon is observed in Argentina and throughout America.

http://www.fedra.org.ar/ (Spanish)


ARIU: in summary the ARIU objectives are: to provide connectivity services to national and international partner universities, promoting the integration of information technology in higher education through dissemination and training, promote the development of collaborative projects between the universities for the use of information technologies, to develop services related to information technologies that enhance the activities of the university system; generate resources that facilitate the financing of the RIU (Red de Interconexión Universitaria, University Interconnection Network) taking advantage of the university system.

http://www.riu.edu.ar/index.html (Spanish)


Interesting Programmes

OER initiatives in post-secondary education

Lessons learnt

References

  1. Wikipedia's page on Argentina
  2. Wikipedia's page on Argentina > Education and Education in Argentina
  3. Ministerio de Educación de la Nación (Ministry of National Education)
  4. http://www.me.gov.ar (Spanish) (also in PDF)
  5. Wikipedia's page on University reform in Argentina
  6. CONEAU
  7. http://www.me.gov.ar/spu/dngu/html/dngu_-_educacion_a_distancia.html (Spanish)
  8. http://www.me.gov.ar/spu/Servicios/Autoridades_Universitarias/autoridades_universitarias.html (Spanish), (also in # # PDF)

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