IPEd: The key to local progress

The country’s educational system has taken on a truly local and cultural “flavor” with the strengthening by the government of the Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) program.

This concept, introduced in 2011, has been an effective instrument in luring indigenous youth back to schools. It allowed members of indigenous communities to come together and help craft a program of instruction that is consistent with the beliefs, culture and ways of life of a particular group.