UNTL & VU 5th Biennial Conference

Finding Pathways to Achieve

the Sustainable Development Goals-SDG

Quality Education (Secondary education)

Teresinha Araujo Gusmo

Dili 4th - 5th July 2017

 THE SECONDARY EDUCATION IN TIMOR-LESTE

The role of Secondary education

1. Technical secondary school (Aimed to ensure better access to labour market)

2. General secondary school (Aimed to better prepare to move up to higher education)

What are the condition and major challenges?

Lack of quality and quantity of secondary teachers,

Significant numbers of untrained teachers

Teaching is seen as easy because teacher centred

Infrastructure are very limited and poor

Quality of education is hindered by the quantity of students per classes

Contextual evidences

75% of teachers are not qualified

Teachers in Secondary Schools are frequently

still studying their undergraduate degree and
have no teacher training education

Some teachers only have high school

qualifications

Teaching methodology is teacher centred

 What we need for tomorrows secondary education
in Timor-Leste

There is a need for;

Defining and accelerating planning for transforming education in Timor-
Lestes secondary education;
Eliminating teaching practices which are still dominant with teacher
centre ;

Introduce quality control in teacher training programs and promote

designing classroom activities that training the mind to think;
Facts & Opinion, Actions & Consequences + -
Reduce student-teacher ratio
 Questions and concerns to be answer
What can individuals (students, teachers, academics) do to
further quality education as SDG could achieve in Timor-Leste?
As it recognised that sustainable development begins with
education?
What would be the obstacles to the Education Sustainability in
secondary schools in Timor-Leste to achieve Sustainable
Development Goal 2030?
Who needs to take action for this goal to be achieved?
What recommendations can be made
UNTL ?
VU ?
Government ?
Civil Society Organisation ?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR ATTENTION