Because technology only makes sense in the service of people and it is in education that the positive impact of digital transformation is felt most consistently, Altice Portugal has signed a protocol with the Azores Regional Government with the aim of dematerializing school books in two classes of 5th and 8th graders. The project also includes digital and multimedia training.
The pilot has already started in Ponta Delgada and the aim is that, in the next school year, it will cover all 5th and 6th graders in the region. Altice Portugal's participation involves network and telecommunications infrastructures, providing equipment and state-of-the-art fiber optic connectivity.
The fight against digital illiteracy in the education system, equitable access to technological means and the pedagogical integration of technology have been strong bets of Altice Portugal within the strategy of its pillars of Investment, Social Responsibility and Proximity to the territory.
Examples include the Escola Remota (Remote School) project, which has guaranteed online classes in recent school years, and Khan Academy, a long-standing project promoted with the support of the Altice Foundation, which is based on an interactive platform of content to support distance learning, with the aim of providing free, quality education to anyone, wherever they are.
Altice Portugal has also recently given further support to U-World, an institution of university residences which plays an important role in the area of education and in establishing skills in the students' home municipalities, by offering five scholarships as part of its technological partnership.
Altice Portugal believes that education is one of the great pillars of a more democratic society and this investment in the training of young students in the Azores reinforces its role as an active player in combating asymmetries in access to education.