The 2023-2024 school Year was punctuated by several irregularities. Insecurity in the full swing in Haiti profoundly affected the entire education system, during this year. from February to April 2024, in the areas of Artibonite and Quest, school activities were severely affected.
In a report Published by the United Nation Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair (OCHA), it is mentioned That 919 Schools, from January to June 2024, were forced to suspend Classes in the Areas of Artibonite and Quest due to gang operations. 515 of theses 919 schools had completely closed their doors. Theses closures affected some 156,000 students.
As a result, some students have been unable to take their exams, while others are force do the exams with all the psychological constraints and pressures , which will have an impact on their academic results.
For the 2023-2024 school year, around 121,000 students took terminal grade exams.
The official terminal grade examinations in the Haiti took place between August 5 and 8, 2024
School children took tests in Philosophy and Chemistry, Social Science and Biology, Physics and English/ Spanish, Math and Creole.
Mykerline Thermitus and Dardley Thermitus, two students who took theses test, both from the lycée National de Pont Gaudin, shared their views on the exams.
Mykerline reports that the exams didn’t turn out the way she expected. She didn’t really do well in the exams. She goes on to say that biology was difficult for her. She managed in physics, social studies, science, and Spanish. She cries out for the pragmatics of each subject to be exhaustively covered, as many chapters could not be seen. However, questions had been asked about them.
Dardley, for his part, also complained about school programs that were never fully seen. He asked questions that the teachers were never fully seen. He was asked questions that the teachers were unable to study with him. There was a serious and chronic shortage of teachers at the Lycée National de Pont Gaudin, He stated. He also calls on the school’s managements to the clean up the examination areas. The sanitary blocks are extremely unsanitary and foul smelling he informs.
Furthermore, it is important to note that the opening of The New school year in Haiti October 1, 2024, is the date set for the reopening of classes for the 2024-2025 school year nationwide. Its indeed the Minister of Education of vocational training, Mr. Augustin Antoine, who announced this at a press conference on Tuesday August 6, 2024.
Today, it is more than a statement of fact that education in Haiti needs to be restored and intensified in preparation for a New Haiti.