Amazonas é referência mundial em Educação

At a press conference held this Thursday (May 21), the Governor of Amazonas, Eduardo Braga, spoke to the local press about the important award granted by the international teaching community to the Center for Media Education in Amazonas. In Spain, the Media Center overtook projects presented by 26 countries and was appointed May 13 by the IMS Global Learning Consortium as the winner of the Learning Impact Awards. "This award positions Amazonas as a world reference in the development of technologies applied to education. And in view of the social significance of this initiative, we are celebrating today not the achievement of a trophy, but we are celebrating the transformation of a people that has adopted an educational system of the highest quality and can now dream of a better future, guaranteed by education "Commented Governor Eduardo Braga.Braga also said that this bold project of the State Government and unprecedented in the country has broken borders and today thrilled. "Seeing the report of young people who came to have access to the study through this program we are thrilled, because much more than diplomas of completion of education, these young people will receive diplomas of 'citizens', and can dream of a future much more promising, revealed the State Governor.At the press conference, Secretary of State for Education Gedeão Amorim spoke about the scope of the project that today serves more than 20 thousand students in almost 800 rural communities and said that the investments do not stop. "The State Government project is consolidated and we plan to expand it. As of this year, we have attended - besides high school - also elementary school and we have the goal of implementing it in 1000 classrooms, "he announced. China and India interested in the Amazonian model José Augusto de Melo, coordinator of the Media Center, revealed that the Amazon program, when presented at the Spanish congress that brought together education and technology experts from several continents, drew attention because of its effectiveness and innovative character ."China and India, knowing our program, already intend to use it as a model in the development of educational actions," said the coordinator.