PERU LNG 2021 Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT PERU LNG 2021 CHAPTER 6 WORKING WITH RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN READING COMPREHENSION PERU LNG understands that education is a fundamental component of development for the country and for that reason is committed to promoting education. The "Reading is Progress" (LEEA) project started in 2014 in alliance with the Fundacion BBVA Peru, to improve reading comprehension among third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade pupils in state primary schools. This programme continued in 2021, adapted to the new health situation and measures imposed by the government; principally, through virtual attendance by students and teachers. The government "Learning at Home" programme continued to be the mainstay of the distance learning strategy. Nevertheless, the absence of a television signal, Internet or mobile telephony in rural areas caused many difficulties. In this context teachers were given virtual training and materials were distributed to the 28 schools involved in the programme, 30 radio programs lasting 30 minutes each were made and transmitted by four radio stations in Huaytara, La Mar and Huamanga. Each program contained twenty five minutes included at students and their families and five minutes for direct contact between the teachers and students. The programs also provided information on COVID-19 prevention, care for our heritage, the manufacture of Ecobricks (bricks made from solid waste) and composting (vegetable waste processing), as well as messages about the importance and care for biodiversity. Support for teachers was provided by a specially designed strategy of virtual meetings using Zoom, and 7 teacher training workshops were held, as well as an office computer course given in 5 phases. These meetings enabled strategies and activities to be planned and then implemented with the students. Teachers also received talks on stress management and COVID-19 prevention. The project's education experts were in continual contact with participating head teachers and teachers by telephone and the WhatsApp application. In addition, five teacher training days were held on Zoom, in which a total of eighty four teachers from Ayacucho and Huancavelica took part. In addition, 1 300 packages of school equipment for children in 1st to 6th grades of primary education (2 exercise books, 2 pens, pencil sharpener and eraser) were distributed together with teaching guides for the teachers at all 28 schools benefiting from the project. Use of the books was monitored using WhatsApp messages and radio programs. THE GOVERNMENT "LEARNING AT HOME" PROGRAMME CONTINUED TO BE THE MAINSTAY OF THE DISTANCE LEARNING STRATEGY. 63 83

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