Education in Haiti

Haiti Education - All teachers required to pass a test and become certified to teach

Haiti's education department is starting to require all teachers to pass a test and become certified if they want to remain in the classroom, one of several efforts to improve education in a country with dire rates of illiteracy and drop outs... more »

September 15, 2014 3:59 PM

Haiti Education : School Opens September 4th 2017

The academic year 2017 will begin on September 4th in Haiti says the Ministère de l'Education Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle. (MENFP). more »

August 17, 2017 6:12 AM

Haiti Public School Teachers Salary will increase in October 2017

Good news for public school teachers in Haiti... As of October 2017 Haitian public school teachers will see an increase of 20 to 30 percent... more »

June 12, 2017 3:10 PM

Haiti Education Crisis - Thousands of Haitian school teachers getting paid to teach NOBODY...

You often hear about the Haitian school teacher who is constantly on strike because he is teaching students and is not getting paid but did you now about the teachers in Haiti who are getting paid and have never stood in front a classroom? more »

May 15, 2017 12:27 PM

Haiti Education - 4th national assessment of academic achievements among 4th and 7th graders

Haiti Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) will hold it 4th national assessment of academic achievements among 4th and 7th graders. more »

May 12, 2017 9:21 AM

Haiti Back to School 2016 - Lots of Haitian Parents are Complaining, NO Money

Many parents in Haiti are complaining they will not be able to send their children back to school next week due lack of money. One parent says: "I am broke, business is bad, I just don't have the money to send my four children to school this September". more »

August 31, 2016 7:48 AM

Haiti - Back to School Scheduled for September 5th 2016

The Haitian ministry of education announced that Haitian students will report back to school Monday September 5th 2016 to begin their school year. Haitians students will enjoy 186 days of class for the 2016-2017 school year until 30 June 2017... more »

July 27, 2016 8:13 AM

Haiti Earthquake Victim Named Valedictorian Of Boston School

Great News from Haitian Diaspora in Boston MA -- A Haitian Student, Joe Freddy Francois who survived the January 2010 Haiti earthquake has just been named the first ever valedictorian of the Henderson K-12 Inclusion School in Dorchester MA... more »

June 6, 2016 2:28 PM

FLASH: Haiti Manif - Etudiant yo pa vle Minis Education National la rantre nan biwo li

Haiti Manifestation Etudiants -- on group Etudiant BLOKE devan Ministere Education National... Yo kouche devan barriere la maten Lundi 25 Avril 2016 la, yo anpeche Minis education an rantre nan biwo li, dapre radio Caraibes FM... more »

April 25, 2016 11:14 AM

Haiti Online Education - Haiti Launches Its First Online Education Platform

Haiti Education Update -- The first online educational platform developed in Haiti, THESS (Technologie Hybride pour l'Education, la Science et le Savoir) has been launched... Now Haitian University students can learn online... more »

April 21, 2016 11:38 AM