Education in Haiti

Haiti Education - Pou ki rezon etidyan Haitien yo ap etidye pa ke konsa? Repons la ka choke-w

Yon maten, mwen leve lakay mwen Haiti, mwen tande yon etudian ki ap bat yon bèt (etidye pa kè) anba poto limyè a devan lakay la. Ti demwazèl la ap goumen ak yon francais, li ap eseye memorize yon tèks ke mwen pa ka menm konprann ale wè poum ta eseye memorize-l. Apre yon 20 minit konsa, mwen oblije soti sou galri a pou-m a mande li kisa l-ap etidye laa... Mwen sezi tande kisa ti dam la di-m... more »

October 19, 2014 8:10 AM

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

How Many Public Schools in Haiti?

In Haiti there are about 17,000 schools out there, Only 3,000 of them are public schools... Compare that to the United States where 88% of school-age children attend public schools, 9% attend private schools, and nearly 3% are home-schooled... more »

September 8, 2014 6:39 AM

Haiti - PHOTOS: 27 new High Schools ready for Inauguration before the opening of the School Year

Did you know? There are many new High Schools that were under construction in Haiti and some of them are ready for the new school year... One of them is the new Charlemagne Peralte High School in Hinche Haiti (Lycee Charlemagne Peralte de Hinche) We took some photos to share with you... LOOK.. more »

September 5, 2014 8:15 AM

Haiti Traffic Police Issues a Warning to Big Truck Drivers for the Opening of School

Haiti's Direction de la Circulation et de la Police Routière (DCPR) - The Traffic and the Highway Police Directorate - has issued a warning to Haitian truck drivers... For the opening of school in Haiti, big trucks and tractor trailers are banned from the streets of metropolitan Port-au-Prince between the hours of 5am to 9am, also between 3pm to 6pm for the the safety of the students... more »

September 2, 2014 5:26 PM

Haiti - Universite St Gerard in Carrefour-Feuilles Burned to the ground

A Haitian University in Carrefour-Feuilles Haiti, Université St Gerard, was burned to the ground early Sunday 3 Jul 2014 around 6:30 am... The University director suspects foul play... more »

August 3, 2014 5:52 PM

Actress Nicole Kidman Pledges To Rebuild a School In Haiti

In February 2010, Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman and her Husband Keith Urban pledged to donate $50,000 a year for five years towards the rebuilding of a school in Haiti. more »

February 20, 2010 10:56 AM