13 de julio de 2026

Welcome directors and teachers of the

educational centers of the

diversified cycle of the level. I

welcome you to this informational meeting

about the evaluation process for

graduating class 2.

Eud Montúfal, and I am currently in charge

of the DIGEDUCA directorate, and it is

a pleasure for me to welcome you,

especially because in 2026

we are celebrating 20 years of

conducting standardized evaluations

in Guatemala. That is, for 20

years information has been generated

from the

standardized assessments that have been

applied to students

completing the diversified cycle of

middle school and this has allowed us to

have information and indicators on the

performance of students in both

mathematics and reading.

This takes advantage of the fact that within the process

for issuing degrees and diplomas

there is an obligation for all

young people to take the test that

the Ministry of Education makes in order for

their degree and

diploma to be printed.

So we appreciate your participation in

this process, we appreciate your effort in

fulfilling your responsibility to

register your students in the

last stage or grade of

diversified education so that they can participate

in this evaluation process. I

also extend my thanks to the technical team at

Dijeduca, who will be

presenting the guidelines and

recommendations for this process. I

welcome them again and leave

the floor for each

of them to introduce themselves. Thank you.

Good morning to everyone who is with us

. We extend our warmest greetings and

our gratitude for your participation in

this meeting. My name is Jorge Urrea and I

am accompanied by my colleague Mayira Chacón

from the execution sub-directorate, as well as

Ana Isabel Pocón and Davida

Echeverría from the development sub-directorate

of the DIG.

Today we will be sharing with

you important aspects and

reinforcing key points related

to the proper application of the

evaluation in your

educational establishments.

And as you know, the evaluation is

carried out annually in a virtual format

and consists of solving two

tests, one aimed at evaluating

reading comprehension and the other focused on

learning in the curriculum area of

mathematics.

Additionally, at the beginning, students are given

a questionnaire on

associated factors whose purpose is to

identify the elements that influence

the outcome of

mathematical learning and the development of

electoral competence. This evaluation is carried

out at the national level and is

directly linked to the issuance of

degrees or diplomas. Therefore,

student participation is

mandatory.

The primary objective

of this meeting is to provide

you, directors, with the necessary guidelines and

directives so that you can

prepare efficiently and in an

organized manner for the

graduating student evaluation process. thus ensuring

effective planning.

How should they organize themselves for the

evaluation?

Here we will show you everything you

need to know about how to organize yourself

before, during and after the

evaluation. For establishments

that have a

computer lab, it is important to take

the following into consideration.

Verify

how many machines meet the

required version of Windows 10 or 11. Confirm

that your internet service is stable.

Make sure the computers

have a camera, as this

is an essential requirement.

Without this requirement, they cannot be evaluated.

In the case of establishments that

will ask students to bring their

personal computers, they must

verify in advance that those

already have Windows

10 or 11 installed because the application does not

work with other versions prior

to Windows. And if that's the case, the students

won't be able to carry out their operation. We

also have the option that if

the desktop computers don't

have a camera installed,

you can also add an external camera

, right? That's important,

informing students in advance that they

must present a photo ID on the day of the evaluation,

which could be a

school ID, driver's license, or DPI if

the student is of legal age. If they do not

have a school ID card, the

establishment must provide them with a

professional one with a photograph.

This will make it easier for the student to

complete the process. The

student must also be provided with

their personal code and date of

birth, as

registered in the CIRE, since these are the

credentials they will use to access the

evaluation platform.

If last year you assessed your

students using

your school's computer lab machines

, you

need to uninstall the

previous application in order to install and use

the one for this year.

At this link you can find the

updated version and you can also

access the Diguca website. In the

student section, you will

find instructions for downloading

and installing the assessment application. In

other words, you have to

uninstall

one first and then use the new one to

complete your evaluation process.

Now we will look at

the establishment's evaluation process

.

It will assign a teacher or person in charge of the

technology area to accompany and provide the

necessary support that the

students need.

Verify that the student has

their personal code on hand. date of

birth

before starting your

evaluation process, because without this data you will not be able to

access the platform and

complete your process. Make sure

all students have their

photo ID.

Verify that the student also

has a blank sheet of paper and a pencil

to be able to perform the

math procedures during the assessment.

We will also verify that all

students have completed the process and generated their

corresponding certificate

at the end of the process.

Request the

evaluation certificate from each student.

At the end of the assessment, make sure that

students have logged out of

the platform and also logged out

of the computer, especially if

other students will be using that computer

immediately afterwards to be assessed.

It is important to mention that as

directors you must keep

accurate track of which students have already taken

the assessment and which ones are still

pending.

This is because some

establishments have contacted the

office, either in person or

by phone,

to inquire how many of their

students have already been evaluated.

However, we believe that this control

corresponds directly to the

administration of the establishment,

so it is essential to require

and verify that each

student sends their certificate

once the evaluation is completed, in order

to maintain an up-to-date record. They

must also keep a record of the

number of students who, for

any reason, did not take the

assessment and be ready to re-

enroll them when

registration opens, so that they can be assessed

in the late assessment.

To follow up on the points to be

discussed in this meeting, we now show

the evaluation dates and times.

As you can see, the evaluation will

take place from June 1st to

August 31st, which represents a

wide 92-day application window.

The schedule will be as follows. June 1st will be

the only day the platform will be

available, from 10

a.m. to 8 p.m.

But from June 2nd until

August 31st, the hours will be from 7

a.m. to 8 p.m. Therefore,

students will only be able to log in and

begin their assessment within

that time frame.

If a student enters before 8,

for example, at 8:15,

they will be able to continue with the assessment and

finish it without problems.

However, if any student enters

at 8 o'clock, it will no longer be possible to

start the evaluation.

However, for educational centers

with night classes, the platform

will be available until 10

pm. This schedule applies only

to establishments that

registered students on that day

in order to facilitate the development of

the evaluation according to their

opening hours.

As directors, you have the

authority to define the dates,

times, and organization of the

evaluation groups, taking into account the

technological conditions of your

establishment.

The scheduling of the evaluation is the

responsibility of each director. It is not a

decision that

Dijeduca, the departmental management,

or the supervisors have to make. It

is also important to mention that it

is not mandatory to evaluate all

students on the same day or at the same

time.

Each establishment can organize the

application of the evaluation in the way

that best suits its possibilities

and available resources.

I want to share with you some

alternatives that we have compiled from

different ways in which you have been

evaluating your students.

The intention is that these experiences

can serve as support or an example to

other establishments, either because they

have worked well for them or because they

represent viable options that could be

adapted to their needs and

available resources. I'm

sharing this example so you

can get an idea of ​​how to

organize yourself when you have a

large number of students and little

equipment available, and so you can see that it

is possible to carry out the evaluation in an

organized and effective way.

Here's an example.

One establishment has 150

registered students, but does not have

enough computer equipment to

perform the evaluation

simultaneously.

As an alternative, support was requested from

students and teachers to identify

who could lend a laptop for

the process. At the end of the consultation,

only five

computers were collected.

With that amount of equipment, the

establishment can organize

evaluation days in two daily shifts. For

example, a first shift at 7

a.m., a second shift at 10

a.m. This allows five

students to be evaluated in the first shift, five

students in the second shift, for

a total of 10 students

evaluated per day. Therefore, to

evaluate the 150 students

will require approximately 15

working days out of the 92 days available to

carry out the evaluation.

The establishment can be organized

according to its academic activities. You can

conduct the evaluation

continuously, take the full 15 days

to evaluate your students, or

intersperse the evaluation. For

example, one day yes, one day no, one

week yes, one week no. But the

important and fundamental thing is not to

exceed the established deadline, which

is August 31st.

We also have other alternatives for

evaluating students.

One of them is the internet cafe or

computer academies.

Internet cafes have been a

very viable resource that many principals have

used to assess their students

and have yielded very good results.

Therefore, they can continue working this

way if it works for them in their

establishment. The

only important thing to keep in mind is

that if you will be using the same

internet cafe where

evaluations were carried out last year, you should

verify that the previous application

has been removed from the computers, as it

sometimes remains installed. It is

recommended that you request in advance

that they install the version corresponding

to this year.

Another alternative has been to be evaluated at

another educational establishment.

In some cases, due to the proximity between

establishments or the good

communication and support between directors, it has been

possible to coordinate spaces and equipment

to facilitate the evaluation.

They can approach them and request

this support. This has been another

alternative that some directors have

used and it has worked

positively for them.

We take this opportunity to thank

and acknowledge the directors who provide

this support, lending their

computer labs to other establishments

that do not have the

necessary technological resources. This type of

collaboration and solidarity between

educational centers contributes significantly

to the successful development of the

evaluation process. There

are also EVAs. These are

virtual learning environments that

exist in some municipalities of the

departments that I think you

have heard about and that are

fully prepared to lend the

spaces. Once they have been notified and

informed in advance.

If the educational establishment has a

computer and an

internet connection, but no

camera, it is essential to

contact Digeduca to coordinate

support and follow-up actions

during the application at the

establishment. Without this coordination, it

is not possible to carry out the evaluation.

For this you can contact

my colleague Jorge

Urrea directly via email. Her email is

jurrea@mineduc.gov.gt

and my email is Mayira Chacón

mchaconh@mineduc.gov.gt.

You will write to us reporting

that you don't have a camera, and

we will respond and

ask you for some information.

It is important to mention that each case

will be evaluated individually,

taking into account the

particular conditions of each establishment,

in order to provide the best

possible alternative without affecting the

development of the process. There you can see

the emails, you can copy them or

take a picture of them so that

those

establishments that do not have a camera can contact us

.

The evaluation lasts

approximately 3 hours and is

distributed as follows.

First, the student will answer a

questionnaire of associated factors that is

roughly a 20-

minute sentence.

Next, they will take the

reading test, which they have a maximum of 60 minutes

to complete.

Then they will take the

math test, which they have a maximum of 90

minutes to complete.

Finally, there is a final survey, it will

take approximately 5 minutes to

answer in order to then generate your

evaluation certificate.

To ensure the validity of the

results, the

following actions are prohibited during the

evaluation. Please,

directors, take this into account so

you can share it with your students.

First, they cannot use other

electronic devices or calculators

to perform mathematical calculations outside

of the platform. They

also cannot open one or more

windows on the computer while

they are evaluating.

Using your cell phone to make calls,

answer or send messages, or as support

for solving tests is

prohibited.

Asking other people for help to

answer the tests,

obstructing or interrupting the camera.

Copying or sharing the

assessment questions with third parties.

Taking photographs or

screenshots.

Use any means to conceal the

face such as caps, hoods or sunglasses

.

And students are not allowed to

use headphones either.

There are important aspects that we want to

mention and remind you of.

In case of any

technical problems with the equipment

during the evaluation,

the person in charge of the technology area or the

responsible teacher must provide the

corresponding solution. It is the

director's responsibility to guarantee

adequate assessment conditions

in their establishment, as well as to ensure

that 100% of

graduating students are assessed.

It is recommended to check

the students' date of birth to

confirm how it is registered with the

City.

Also, Mr. Director, you must

ensure that students

clearly understand the evaluation process and that they

have read the instructions provided to

them to learn about the

procedure and the recommendations

detailed here. This information

can be found on the

GEDUCA website in the student section. And

if you, as a director, have any questions

and would like to consult them, you can also

do so on the Dijeduca website in

the directors section.

During the application window,

the evaluation PBX, which is

22 36 108, will be enabled.

The extensions, according to the

hours of operation, are as follows.

From Monday to Friday, extensions 420 and 421 will be available from 7 a.m. to 3

p.m.

From 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.,

extensions 422

and 423 will be available.

These extensions will also be available on Saturdays and Sundays for

you to make your inquiries.

Uh, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on

Saturday, extensions 420 and 421 will be available. On

Saturdays and Sundays, from 7 a.m.

to 10 p.m.,

extensions 424 and 425 will be available

so that you can be assisted

with all the inquiries you need to

make.

Now I'll give my colleague David

Echeverría some time, who will explain in

detail how to use the

assessment platform.

Good morning. Um, I want to give a

special greeting today to all the

directors who are

joining us on this broadcast. My name

is David Echeverría, and today I'll be

sharing with

you the section related to the

Graduandos 2026 assessment platform.

Over the next few minutes, we'll

review the basic

system requirements and some

important recommendations, the installation and

login process, and also a short

demonstration of how to complete the

assessment. So without further ado,

let's begin.

Okay, let's see what the

requirements of the evaluation system are. It is

important that we meet the requirements

because this will allow the

student or the person being

evaluated to have a good

user experience, it will be compatible

with the computer on the platform and

obviously the platform will have

better performance. Well, first it is

important to verify that the equipment

meets the minimum requirements for

the evaluation to work

correctly. For this we need a

desktop or laptop computer,

a webcam (which can be integrated

or external), and a compatible operating system,

which must be Windows 10,

Windows 11, MacOS, or Linux. It is also

important to have the evaluation application installed

and a

stable internet connection, preferably at

least 1 megabit per second per

computer. The idea is to review this in

advance to avoid misunderstandings on

the day of the evaluation. Before we

evaluate, we must ensure that

the computers the students will

use meet these requirements.

There are some

recommendations that can be

very helpful in preparing before starting the evaluation.

Number one, check your

internet connection. This should be dedicated and

exclusively for the evaluation. It is not

recommended that other people connected to the same network be watching videos or using

social media during the evaluation

.

It is also recommended to disable

automatic updates. In the case

of Windows 10 and Windows 11, I believe there is

an option in the

updates that says to disable it

for a week.

You must first install the

evaluation program. When students

enter the assessment, the program must already

be installed; it should not be

installed during the assessment or

the student should be waiting while it

is being installed. And if we have

any previous version, including

last year's, it is recommended

to uninstall it because this way we

ensure that we will have the

correct version for this year. We also

want to share some

recommendations that are important for

the evaluation.

The camera must be integrated or external.

Using a cell phone

as a camera is not recommended. This has caused us problems

in some cases where the screen is not visible

or may generate an

alert during the evaluation.

Furthermore, only

authorized operating systems should be used, right?

Uh, Windows 10 or Windows 11. If someone

tries to do it on Windows 7 or Windows 8,

the evaluation application will not

be compatible or will not be able to be

installed.

Uh, the use of

modified versions of the

Windows 10, Windows 11, and

Windows Lite operating systems is not permitted. Well, I know that

in some cases it has worked for them,

but in others it hasn't. Therefore, it is not

recommended; you should carry out

your tests if you have any of these

versions before

the students enroll.

Now let's look at the

installation process.

The installation manuals can be

found on the Dijeduca website.

Here I am showing you the directors' section,

and by entering the graduates' option

you will be able to see the

corresponding documentation, including

the manuals.

We will perform the

installation process from a Windows 11 operating system.

We must enter the URL app gu-

dijeduca. We press

enter. In Windows

, it will give us two options to

install the application. We have the

Microsoft Store, or if we don't have access to

the Microsoft Store, we need to download the

installer.

Okay, let's click on the first

option.

A box will appear indicating that

the Microsoft

Store will not open.

And here we just click on install.

In some systems it says get, here it

says install. Then, we click

install and the process will begin. It

downloads and installs automatically from here,

so we should wait a

few minutes for it to finish.

While installing, we're going to make an

important mention here that when you enter this

URL on another operating system, for

example, on MacOS or Linux, it will

automatically download, since it

detects the computer's operating system

and depending on that system,

the installer will be downloaded.

All of this is detailed in the manuals

that I know will be published.

Once the installation process is complete

, the open button will appear

. We can open the program from here

or we can look for it in the

programs we have installed

on the computer. Let's

click here to open.

The first time we open it, it will

ask us for some permissions. Therefore,

we must accept all the permissions it

indicates, otherwise the program will not work

correctly.

If we did everything correctly,

a screen should appear

indicating the type of evaluation we

need to perform.

As you can see, the

installation process is extremely simple; you just

have to follow the steps in

the manuals until the

installation is complete.

Okay, after installing the program

we'll log in using the

corresponding credentials.

For the evaluation of graduating students, we must

enter the graduating student. We

click on it.

To log in, you will be asked for the

student's personal code and

date of birth.

It is important to have a list from

CIRE in order to support the

students. The date of birth must

be exactly as it is registered in the CIRE. That's why it

's important to have the list.

If a student asks the

principal, "Look, I can't get

in," the principal needs to

check the CIE list and

see what date of

birth the student is registered with

and if their personal code is correct. We

have had cases where the date of

birth is incorrectly registered in the

CRE, so you must enter it exactly as it

appears in the CRE. If they made a mistake, they

can fix it later.

So I'm going to give an example here.

We're going to set it to 1/1/2001 and

start the

graduate evaluation.

Once inside, a

welcome screen for the

2026 graduate assessment will appear. We click on

next

and first it will perform a series of

validations, which we must complete.

We must have a good internet connection,

the equipment must be plugged into the

power outlet or have more than 20%

battery, we must

not have other monitors connected to the

computer and we must not have other

applications open. If we fail to meet

any of these requirements, it will appear here

and will not allow us to continue until

all conditions are met.

Since I meet all the requirements, I'm going to click

next. Once inside the

assessment program,

the tests assigned to us will appear.

We must perform them in the order they

appear. They will be enabled one

by one. In this case, since I am

logging in with a

test user, I have everything enabled, but

students must

first complete associated factors,

then reading will be enabled, when they

finish reading they will be enabled

mathematics and then the final survey.

Now we're going to do a

quick demonstration of how a student responds

within the platform. We will be able to

see the questions and the

answer options and how to answer them.

To demonstrate, we will

access the math test.

When we log in, a

screen will appear indicating that

before starting we will be asked for

camera access and permission to share

our entire desktop. Then we click

on understand the above and to start

the verification. The first step will be

that it will request access to the camera.

We click on activate camera.

We will receive

a permit. We must accept it. The

same applies to the microphone. We click

accept.

Now the screen will appear for

configuring our camera, microphone, and

speaker.

In the first option we must

select the camera we need to

use. This is in the case where we have, for

example, a laptop and another

external camera connected. It will

appear here, so we must

select which one we are going to use. Then it will

ask us to select the microphone. It is

important that we select the

microphone and speaker for our computer

. We should probably

keep the volume moderate during

the evaluation because

some alerts are handled during the evaluation.

So when we click here,

a pin will appear indicating that the

speaker is working correctly.

And as the instructions here say, we should

be calm, with good lighting

and a good internet connection. If we

have any problems with the

camera, it won't let us continue from here

. Then, we click on

next

and now it will ask us to

take photos of the

different profiles, so we follow

the instructions they give us. One

photo of the right side,

one photo of the front side, and another photo of the

left side.

Once we have taken the three

photographs, the

following button will be enabled. We click and now it will

ask us to share the screen. We click

on share screen.

Now it will ask us for an

identification document.

The identification document can

be the student ID card. If

they had DPI they could also use it.

If the establishment does not handle any

card, it can give you a

temporary card. Then, they will have to

display it on the screen, just like

mine,

and take the photograph.

Then, if the photo turned out well, we

leave that one photo and click on

next. We will see a message

indicating that everything is ready.

Click next.

We accept the terms and conditions that

state that all information

is confidential and

will not be used for any other purpose than to

generate inputs for

decision-making that contribute to

improving

educational delivery in the classroom. Following.

The general instructions will appear

. Here it tells us how

the test will appear. Keep.

We can do some tests, save.

And next.

So, this is an example of

mathematics. Let's click

next.

When we enter the test we will be able to

see the questions in this way.

We will have a bar here that tells us

what number we are on, the time we have

left

on the question, and the

answer options.

This is what appears when we are being

monitored.

This is a message that applies if our

internet is stable. So

let's answer.

This is an example of 10 questions.

We'll answer quickly just to

familiarize you with the platform,

and

if an image appears, you can

click on it to enlarge it.

If we try to

exit the test,

a warning will appear there.

Because I'm sharing my screen,

these warnings are appearing.

Let's click here.

Let's continue.

This is just a small demonstration of

how the student will see the

questions. We also have a button that

tells us to skip and leave it for

last.

So,

now let's move on to the next

part.

Now we're going to look at the

evaluation certificate process.

When we finish the assessments,

a summary of all the

assessments we did will appear, along with the

start and end times.

The certificate will appear to us in this

way; it consists of a QR code and the

photos we took at the beginning.

Then, we click on download

PDF.

When you download a PDF, you will see a

print option depending on

your operating system. So,

we're going to select that we

want to

print it as a PDF. We

print it, select

where we are going to save it, and give it a

name. Constancy.

Let's use, for example, the student's code

. At 1 2 3 BC. And we click

save.

And that's it. It is important that the certificate be

kept by both the director and the

student.

With that, we have finished what

is consistency.

And well, with this we conclude the section

related to the

2026 graduating class assessment platform. Now I will hand it over

to my next

colleague, who will continue with the

following topics in this presentation.

Thank you so much. It is

a pleasure to share with you the

information regarding the evaluation

of students with

special educational needs.

As you know, the Deemalteco educational system

is characterized by the

implementation of programs and services

aimed at providing care to

students with special educational needs

.

The Ministry of Education

has agreed with the policy and regulations

on access to education for the

population with NF.

It also establishes the

technical and administrative procedures that must be

implemented to serve this

population

within the national education system.

Uh, let's talk about the date

of the evaluation.

The date assigned for the evaluation of

students with NE will be on

Tuesday, September 1st.

from 10 am onwards to

8 pm. This means that

students can enter from

10 am and finish at 8

pm. In other words, we are not indicating

a specific time, that they have to

enter at 10, but rather during the

student's school day.

The monitoring is done

on the platform, as we will not have

staff going to each

establishment, and that is why this

monitoring will be done

virtually.

The distribution of the tests, well,

like any evaluation, has a time limit,

but

this does not apply to students with special educational needs.

It begins with the questionnaire on

associated factors,

continues with reading, then

mathematics, and finally

a survey is conducted. We do

not have a specific schedule for all these activities

. Each

student can take their own time.

Now I will talk to you about the

tutor's activities.

The person who will support the student

must perform the following

actions. Accompany the student

throughout the entire evaluation process.

The tutor must follow the steps indicated

in the instructions to perform the

evaluation,

install the application, open the

application, enter with personal code

and date of birth of the student,

accept the requested permissions,

activate the camera and share the

screen.

The tutor must also select the

questionnaire or test to be taken.

In some cases, support

students in filling in the

options according to the answers given by

the student.

This is in relation to

visual impairments. Hand problems prevent them from

using a mouse.

Tutors cannot help the

student find the

correct answer or solve the test.

For questions or inquiries regarding the

evaluation of students with NE, please call

2236

1000

extension 310 and ask for

Ana Isabel.

We recognize and appreciate your strong

commitment to educational development.