UPM Forestal Oriental Annual Report 2021

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to a specific interest in the topic, and in that sense, it surpassed my expectations”. She also highlighted that “in the interior, at the time of enrolment, the option to pursue a postgraduate degree was tied to being available to travel to the capital. Although this has changed thanks to widespread virtual opportunities, higher costs make these opportunities, that are essential for the complete education of teachers, less available”.

Merinos, Grecco, Piñera, Orgoroso, Sarandí de Navarro, Paso de los Toros, San Gregorio de Polanco, Achar and cities in Paysandú, Florida, Tacuarembó and Durazno. Analía Olivera, one of the teachers who graduated from Tacuarembó, said that she enrolled in the postgrad course “because it offered the opportunity to be able to attend classes while being in the interior, in my own city, in addition

planning, learning assessment, development of innovative teaching methodologies and incorporation of digital technology in the classroom. The educators who graduated teach across public institutions in Fray Bentos, Nuevo Berlín, Sarandí del Yí, Carlos Reyles, La Paloma, Villa del Carmen, Capilla del Sauce, Illescas, Guichón, Paso de los Carros, Quebracho, Lorenzo Geyres,

IN 2021 WE HAD OVER 100 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE INTERIOR WHO, with scholarships granted by the UPM Foundation, graduated from the Postgrad in Curriculum and Assessment. The course, offered by the Catholic University of Uruguay, and endorsed by the Ministry of Education and Culture, aims to provide teachers with new tools to improve curricular