translated from Spanish: Government presented project that aims to improve the internet connectivity of 10 thousand schools

This day the Minister of Transport, Gloria Hutt, and her Education partner, Raúl Figueroa, presented this Monday the project “Connectivity for Education 2030”. The aim of this initiative is to improve internet access for nearly 10 thousand educational establishments by 2021 and to increase connection speeds until the end of 2029.This is why Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel) will begin working on calling for tenders for companies interested in connecting educational establishments. The second sementre of 2010 mineduc will be able to enable the online platform so that educational establishments can apply that they want to access the plan. For his part, the Education holder noted that “the use of technology is key to the future of establishments and to ensure that children and young people do not interrupt their training process. This tool, when well used, can improve the student experience and facilitate their learning.” While Hutt stated that “this digital connectivity project allows us to connect schools that lack Internet access and also significantly improve the broadband quality and speed of thousands of schools that already have some kind of connection.”

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