HAFF is dedicated to education and the Primary School Teacher Training Program (Proje Antrennman Lekol Primè) promises to greatly multiply our efforts at improving education in grade schools in the Central Plateau of Haiti. Operating budgets for these private, church-sponsored, and government schools are often small or non-existent. The lack of funds means offering little or no teacher training and allowing a person to teach any elementary class he or she has passed themselves. HAFF is helping to meet the demand for well trained educators by providing training to teachers who are already teaching in area schools.

The need for such training became more urgent in our minds when we saw the results of a study looking at the abilities of educators throughout the country. Twelve hundred grade-school teachers in Haiti took a test, and nearly all failed. Only 400 teachers could alphabetize a list of words

and only 41 could arrange fractions by size. The article stated that "The state of education is one reason that Haiti remains one of the poorest countries on earth." Students reflect their teachers' ignorance.

Currently 50 rural church-sponsored Christian elementary schools participate in HAFF's Primary School Teacher Training Program, which is coordinated by Met Justin Mompremier, a Haitian national on HAFF's staff. The majority of the training is done when schools are not in session allowing teachers the time to receive training. Met Justin holds week-long seminars focusing on one primary grade level each week, helping teachers to understand and apply the national curriculum, methodology, and how to integrate biblical principles into their lessons. For many, this is the only teacher training they will ever receive. As the school year begins Met Justin visits local schools to provide encouragement and follow up with the teachers

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