1. The Enlaces Network Chile’s ICT for Schools Policy

2. CHILE Basic Facts Population Population: 15 million GDP per capita: GDP per capita: US$ 5,000 Public Funding Schools Public Funding Schools: Schools: 10,000 Teachers: 130,000 Students: 3,000,000 Budget: US$2,500 million

3. Development Levers Committed to the Information Society A.Education B.ICT Integration

4. Comprehensive Educational Reform New curriculum More learning hours Improved school infrastructure Teacher wage increase Free texts for students New libraries in every school Enlaces Computers and Networks (Enlaces)

5. Specifics Goals of Enlaces: To improve learning with ICT help. To give students competence and confidence to work with ICT.

6. Enlaces Provides Schools with: Computers Educational Software Educational Portal Internet Access Technical Support Teacher Training

7. Enlaces So Far 90% of students with access to ICT 60% of teachers trained in educational uses of ICT Free Internet for schools Educational Portal (www.educarchile.cl)

8. Challenges Enlaces Faces: To cover 4,000 rural schools and to train 50,000 teachers To improve infraestructure To consolidate a curricula oriented usage of ICT

9. Evaluations Teachers Teachers: 70% of teachers report to use ICT to improve students learning, but most of them still have difficulties integrating ICT into classroom activities in support of specific learning goals. Teachers of schools with more training and more computers get better results in ICT skills tests. 65% of teachers have a PC in home. 40% of teachers have Internet access in home. Students Students: Increase access and ICT skills. No correlation between schools’ national assessment results (language and math) and the presence of Enlaces. Challenge Challenge: Chilean results in the international contexts.

10. The Enlaces Network Chile