British teaching methods presented to Benghabrit

LONDON (UK) – Minister of Education Nouria Benghabrit, who is participating in the World Education Forum in London, on Wednesday, inquired on the British teaching methods.

The minister has first visited the “British Educational Training and Technology” Show (BETT), which brought together hundreds of companies specializing in the invention and the production of educational tools and materials for Information and Communication Technologies.

She visited thereafter schools to learn about the British experience in the field of education.

Benghabrit, whose ministry launched a national workshop for the promotion and the spread of the digital in Education, lengthily visited the stands that present computer solutions and technological tools likely to sharpen the students’ curiosity and stimulate their intelligence.

Educational toys, designed to attract the attention of small kids and guide their first steps in kindergartens, as well as the software designed to facilitate learning for students with special needs, particularly attracted Benghabrit’s interest.

She also showed interest in a messaging system called “GroupCall,” widespread in schools in the UK for twenty years.

~Through this system, the schools maintain constant contact with parents, inviting them to ask teachers questions about their children, keep them informed of the action taken by the school and ask for a “feedback “or, simply, to alert them about the upcoming events within the school.

The visit to the Show allowed noticing the increasing number of companies offering computer applications generating, online unlimited educational resources.

Later, Benghabrit headed to Hounslow, in London suburb to visit the “Lampton School”, a secondary education school, enjoying autonomy in teaching methods.

The School was rated “Excellent” by the National Inspection Agency “OFSTED” for the quality of teaching and academic achievement of its students.

The presentations on modern language teaching, notably for monitoring student progress and on the annual self-assessment process and the evaluation by OFSTED every two years, enabled the Minister of Education to measure education progress in developed countries.

At the end of the visit, Benghabrit greeted Algerian students and requested from them “to honor their country which needs them, by mastering science and knowledge”, the only tools capable of ensuring a bright future to Algeria.