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Upskilling teachers in computer science: one solution to close the digital divide
Wed, April 24, 2024
Chile program
For the last three years, an organization in Chile had provided training in computer science to more than 900 teachers. They are taking their learnings to the classroom, benefiting 13.325 public students across the country.
Read moreEducation for the future is not a future problem
Thu, February 1, 2024
Chile program
Access for today’s students to learn the skills for 21st century jobs will be critical to change the current trajectory of young people in Latin America going into low-skill, low-wage jobs.
Read moreFundación Reimagina and BHP Foundation have created an alliance to support innovation in education with a US$3 million competitive fund
Wed, January 3, 2024
Chile program
Collective Effect (Efecto Colectivo) has been formed with the aim of promoting innovation in education and of teaching the essential skills that children and young people in Chile’s public education system need to face the 21st century’s job market.
Read moreSustainable development for 16 fishing communities along Chile’s coast
Mon, August 28, 2023
Chile program
The livelihoods of more than 140,000 fisherfolk along Chile’s 4,000 miles (~6,000km) coast are dependent upon sustainable fisheries and face an increasing challenge in reconciling conservation with the ability to generate a sustainable livelihood.
Read more3 Projects empowering women through education
Wed, March 8, 2023
Chile program
Three evidence-based projects in Chile are helping to close the gender gap with universal, high-quality education and digital training.
Read morePublic school teachers in Chile receive computer science training
Mon, January 30, 2023
Chile program
More than 130 teachers at public schools across Chile have graduated from a training program designed to boost computer science proficiency in the classroom. With less than 1 per cent of public school students in Chile achieving advanced levels of digital proficiency, Fundación Kodea and BHP Foundation developed a project, IdeoDigital, to train and empower teachers to introduce computer science classes.
Read moreMonitoring pandemic impacts on education in Chile
Wed, January 11, 2023
Chile program
A new Chilean-wide National Survey of Educational Monitoring is uncovering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in Chile.
Read moreTaking time to reflect on the sea
Tue, September 6, 2022
Chile program
More than five thousand people enjoyed the activities of Puerto de Ideas Biobio Festival 2022, held in late August for the first time in Chile.
Read more3500 students in Chile to access computer science education
Fri, May 13, 2022
Chile program
To give children every opportunity to succeed in the 21st century, they need computer science.
Read moreNuestra Voz - Our Voice
Fri, February 25, 2022
Chile program
The BHP Foundation supports two initiatives in Chile - Nuestra Voz and Enabling Social Dialogue for Conflict Resolution - encouraging social participation and dialogue to address the root causes of the 2019 social unrest.
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