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The First Lady of the Republic and Goodwill Ambassador of the Americas for STEM Education, Yazmín Colón de Cortizo, promoted, through her Office, the delivery of 160 smart boards from the Samsung company, which will be used as tools for environments virtual learning.

The First Lady, together with the Minister of Education, Maruja Gorday de Villalobos, and the Minister of Social Development, María Inés Castillo, formalized the delivery together to. Jay Kim, President of Samsung Electronics Central America and the Caribbean and María Fernanda Hernández, Manager of Corporate Citizenship of Samsung in an event, held at the Juan Demostenes Arosemena Normal School, in the Province of Veraguas in an act that included the participation, via the web with the participation of teachers from all over the country.

SAMSUNG's smart boards offer 4K resolution, fusing technology with cutting-edge design to become an interactive whiteboard on which you can write, draw and even search the Internet simultaneously, enriching learning, both in the classroom and in the classroom. virtual environments.

FUNDESTEAM, as a non-profit organization and strategic ally of Samsung and MEDUCA, was in charge of receiving the smart boards and will organize the distribution logistics. In addition, the foundation will provide training so that teachers and students can correctly use this tool in their teaching-learning process.

The First Lady of the Republic, Yazmín Colón de Cortizo thanked the contribution and communicated that the boards will be part of the STEAM education strategy promoted by the Firm: "Thanks to the Samsung company, which, in the midst of a pandemic, believed in the education, the star of our National Government, by donating these equipment that will allow thousands of Panamanian students of all ages to access state-of-the-art educational technology, improving the learning experiences of each one of them. "

The Office of the First Lady and FUNDESTEAM will initiate a pilot STEAM Education plan in a Comprehensive Early Childhood Care Center (CAIPI), as part of a scientifically developed model in the United States, and whose main objective is to promote from an early age interest in this educational method, as well as the development of mathematical logical thinking. This technique has been shown to directly affect student outcomes later in school life, in subjects such as mathematics, algebra, calculus, and geometry.