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Al Jazeera looks at Peru's distance-learning program 'Aprendo en Casa'

18:04 | Lima, May. 27.

Qatari State-funded broadcaster Al Jazeera has taken a look at Aprendo en Casa (I Learn at Home) —a distance-learning program instituted by Peru amid the COVID-19 health emergency.

The Peruvian initiative was recently highlighted in an article titled "Listen, Watch, Learn: Peru's school system takes to the airwaves," published in The Listening Post —a weekly program on Al Jazeera English that examines and dissects the world's media.

Thus, the publication described it as a successful education-from-home TV show that covers Peru's school curricula for children in lockdown.

"The show has proven to be a hit, quickly becoming one of the most-watched TV programs in Peru. It has provided schoolteachers across the country with a vital resource with which to maintain the progress of their students," it stated.

In the piece of writing, The Listening Post's Meenakshi Ravi revealed how Fatima Saldonid —a journalist and newsreader on the public broadcaster TV Peru— became one of the presenters of this program, whose production was requested by the Education Ministry because schools were being shut.

On the other hand, the article highlighted that authorities in Peru opted for this strategy, rather than just delivering classes online, because the Internet does not have the same reach in this nation as television.

Additionally, it stressed the fact that the project required close coordination not only with TV Peru, but with private channels and radio stations as well.

Finally, the story concluded by saying that despite the limitations in terms of structural inequality, Aprendo en Casa has proven that public and private media can work together "to improve prospects for young people in Peru."

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Publicado: 27/5/2020