📋 Tender Overview
Concytec delivered 16,000 free access licenses to the Science Bits platform to 8,000 science and technology clubs across the country. This strategy will strengthen the capabilities of more than 240,000 students from public and private regular basic education schools, in subjects such as chemistry, physics, biology, earth and space sciences, among others.
The platform contributes to the teaching and learning of science in a friendly and playful way, as it hosts a large amount of interactive multimedia content, such as laboratory simulators, as well as online assessments to measure the progress of schoolchildren from the 6th grade of primary school to the 5th year of secondary school.
The use of these licenses is possible thanks to the management of Concytec and represents an investment of S/ 600,000, which will have a positive impact on the education of children and young people in the 176 provinces of the national territory, under a decentralized approach.
It is important to highlight that the role of Concytec with science and technology clubs contributes to and strengthens the work of the Ministry of Education, through permanent articulation and coordination with the 223 Local Educational Management Units (UGEL) and the 26 Regional Education Directorates and/or Managements (DRE/GRE) of the country.
Science and technology clubs in Peru
Science and technology clubs are extracurricular spaces in which children and adolescents with a common interest in a field of science or technology participate. Among the benefits offered by the clubs is access to important events such as regional internships, competitions, olympiads and international fairs, including the Aceros Arequipa National Mathematics Competition and the EUREKA Competition.
In 2023, the growth of the clubs was remarkable, reaching all regions of the country. Thus, 95% of the UGELs nationwide have at least one science and technology club registered under their jurisdiction. To date, there are 10,860 registered Science and Technology Clubs, where students and teachers from STEM areas participate daily in activities to promote scientific vocations.
