哥伦比亚：教育服务社会发展与和平

? 哥伦比亚促进社会发展转型基金会实施互动的教育系统转型项目，获得2012年联合国教科文组织孔子教育奖

? 自6年前成立以来，哥伦比亚促进社会发展转型基金会—一个非营利性民间组织—已通过其互动教育系统转型项目向近30万青年和成人提供了广泛的学习机会，其中65%为妇女。现在很多受益人群已经完成了初等和高等教育。
    该非政府组织旨在促进社会公平与包容，抗击贫困并为哥伦比亚社会的和平做出贡献。因此，该组织面向各方群体—包括脆弱社区以及生活在受内部冲突影响地区的人群—开展项目，为年轻人和成人提供扫盲教育，培养社会能力。
    同时，本组织还提供广泛的终身学习机会，包括为提高经济能力的扫盲，特别关注疾病预防、艾滋病知识、营养和卫生的健康扫盲。
该项目在全国14个地方开展课程，包括农村边远地区和受到暴力和犯罪影响的城市，授课语言为西班牙语及当地语言，六个授课阶段有机结合，覆盖初等和中等教育。教材包括书本、印刷材料、互动的计算机软件等，基金会研究中心负责设计每个教学阶段，每个阶段历时9个月，以确保学员的特殊文化需要和诉求被纳入考虑。
该项目意在促进社会发展，帮助学员融入其生活社区。课程内容包括扫盲与性别、母子扫盲和代际学习以及人权与环境保护等。同时，项目也传授学员国家教育系统内要求的能力，并将学员带入数字化时代。
    65000名学员同时接受该项目培训，每班平均师生比例为1比25。全职教师接受在岗培训，形式包括网上培训和研讨会等。
    完整、有质量的基础和中等教育对哥伦比亚社会转型至关重要，本组织正是基于以上的认识开展活动。通过活动，该组织为年轻人和成人带来了希望和动力，为他们探求抗击贫困的途径增强了能力。这对高文盲率和低教育水平的社区，特别是受到暴力影响的地区十分重要。
    该基金会由建会执行主任Maria Aurora Carrillo Gullo领导，与公共部门和私营领域均有合作，以实现其雄心，即改变一个几十年来因毒品和贫穷而饱受冲突和组织性犯罪之苦的社会。目前，1500万哥伦比亚人生活在贫困线以下，480万人为极端贫困。该组织的工作反映了一种信念，即提高公民的教育水平能够改善个人和社区的生活，同时促进和谐共处。
    http://www.transformemos.com/2011/index.php
                                罗尼·阿美兰

Colombia

Education at the service of social development and peace

Since its foundation six years ago, the Transformemos Foundation for Social Development—a civil society, non-profit organization—has provided close to 300,000 adolescents and adults with a wide range of educational opportunities through its Interactive System Transformemos Educando programme. Many of the learners, 65 percent of whom are women, have now completed their elementary and high school education.
The purpose of the NGO is to promote equality and social inclusion, fight poverty and contribute to the pacification of Colombian society. It therefore
works with all types of populations—including vulnerable communities and those living in areas affected by internal strife—implementing programmes
that give young people and adults access to literacy education and social development.
Lifelong learning opportunities are provided by the organization covering a wide range of subjects, including literacy for economic empowerment and
literacy for health with a focus on preventive health, HIV and AIDS, nutrition and hygiene.
Courses are provided in 14 locations throughout Colombia, including remote rural areas and urban environments affected by violence and crime.

Instruction is provided in Spanish and in local languages with six integrated instructional cycles that cover primary and secondary education. Using books, printed materials and interactive computer software, each nine-monthlong cycle is designed with input from the Foundation’s research centre, to ensure that the specific cultural needs and aspirations of learners are taken into account.
The programmes seek to favour social development and the participation of students in the life of their communities. Topics addressed include literacy and gender, mother-child literacy and intergenerational learning, as well as human rights and environmental concerns. But programmes also provide the core
competencies required by the national educational system while bringing learners into the digital age.
Sixty-five thousand learners receive training from Tranformemos whose classes average 25 students per teacher. A full-time staff of teachers benefits from in-service training that includes online modules and workshops.
The organization’s activities are founded on the conviction that full, quality elementary and secondary education is essential for the transformation of Colombian society. Through its programmes, Transformemos has brought hope and motivation to youngsters and adults, empowering them to explore ways to overcome poverty.
This work is particularly important in communities with high rates of illiteracy and low average educational levels, notably those affected by violence.
Headed by its founding Chief Executive Officer, Maria Aurora Carrillo Gullo, Tranformemos works with both public and private sectors to carry out its ambitious programme to change society in a country that has been afflicted by decades of civil strife, organized crime related to the drug industry and great poverty.
Fifteen million Colombians are estimated to live below the poverty line, 4.8 million in extreme poverty. The work of Tranformemos reflects the conviction that raising the educational level of citizens can improve the lives of individuals and communities while facilitating harmonious coexistence.
http://www.transformemos.com/2011/index.php
Roni Amelan