The panorama for education at a global level has been greatly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, overnight the students left the school classrooms around the four walls of the house to study in front of a screen, the challenge for The government and private schools have been enormous.On the one hand, the strategy directed by the educational authorities has not been able to contribute to the curricular development of students in an optimal way, while private schools have suffered economic losses by registering lower income corresponding to tuition fees and decrease their number of students.
In this area there are companies that, aligned with their axis of Social Responsibility, work for the benefit of teachers and students in new teaching dynamics through technology with the aim of providing training and new skills to face the future.
“We are facing huge changes in educational structures around the world. The diversity of contexts in our country leads us to rethink our strategies as a Foundation, to continue collaborating to improve the educational gap by offering quality education through our #ComprometidosConLa Educación y de Emploabilidad program to train young people and people interested in updating their professional profile for the demand of the new labor market ”, declared Nidia Chávez, Director of the Fundación Telefónica Movistar México.
From the Digital Education area, the Foundation strengthens its projects to meet the prevailing needs, achieving during 2020 to provide training to teachers in the use of digital tools and innovative methodologies. At the same time, with the help of educational authorities, they provided an open training offer at the national level for teachers and through the Employability axis, they provided online courses and webinars for young people in the new digital professions, broadening their spectrum in the search for employment and in improving their soft and hard skills.
“At Fundación Telefónica Movistar, we use technology as an ally, we will continue to add to the social transformation of Mexico through the development of projects with a digital soul, global and inclusive in our fields of action, with people at the center, we are present in Latin America (HISPAM, in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela) ”, said Nidia Chávez.
With regard to the results reflected by the actions of Fundación Telefónica Movistar México, there are 2 million 62,768 beneficiaries with digital education, 336,048 people benefited through the employability program, 68,283 with digital culture and 16,572 volunteers.
Fundación Telefónica Movistar considers that all available tools should be taken to continue with the teaching-learning processes at all levels, and prepare girls, boys, young people, teachers, and all people for the changes we are experiencing , where technology is a key tool that will allow to continue and promote these teaching processes in the country.
“We have a soul and a digital vocation, we trust that technological tools are key to rebuilding economies, improving the quality of life and common well-being, because progress is useless if we leave people behind. Those of us who are an active part of the social transformation have the responsibility that everyone has access to it ”, concluded the directive.
From Telefónica and its Foundation, they promote their Digital Pact, through which they invite a new dialogue between governments, society and the business fabric to, together, defend values without forgetting fundamental rights in this era.
AT&T
Provide greater connectivity to teachers in CDMX
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, at least a third of school-age children around the world did not have access to distance education when Covid-19 forced their schools to close. In Mexico, according to the Encovid-19 survey, 78.6% of people reported having had difficulties to continue with the education of girls, boys and adolescents at home, 48.5% of them due to lack of a computer and internet.
With the above scenario and the objective of ensuring distance education and slightly closing the inequality in social gaps, AT&T in conjunction with the Federal Education Authority in Mexico City, supports basic education teachers in Mexico City with telephones. mobile phones and the necessary connectivity so that they continue to provide classes to their students and maintain communication with them and their parents.
“We thank the Federal Education Authority in Mexico City for the opportunity to contribute with connectivity and tools that facilitate distance education for teachers,” said Daniel Ríos, Assistant Vice President of External Affairs for AT&T Mexico.
In turn, Fundación Televisa will continue to facilitate the work of the teachers benefited through Cuantrix, a program focused on bringing computer science closer to children in Mexico to close the gaps in knowledge, access and connectivity through a hybrid system that takes advantage of a digital platform and face-to-face activities to teach programming and robotics to minors.
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