With their project that proposes to live on Mars, the students of the Maldonado high school No. 4 will compete with young people from all over the world.
Eight Uruguayan students were selected by the POT to participate in the global final of the International Competition for the Design of Spatial Settlements, which represents a milestone for public education, according to the ANEP President, Robert Silva.
For his project to live on the surface of Mars, young people will travel next July 27th to NASA facilities in Cape Canaveral, United States, after being chosen in the Latin American Space Challenge. The slogan was to design a space establishment in the red plant. The team acts as if it were a contracting company for the aerospace industry before the organizer and whoever presents the best design wins.
During the presentation and recognition act for the young people and teachers who will act as tutors, Silva valued this type of instances, considering that they “value” public education in the country as a “generator of opportunities.”
Together with the president of Ancap, Alejandro Stipanicic, and the general director of Secondary Education, Jennifer Cherro, The head of ANEP highlighted that “it is not the first time that Uruguayan students have excelled in international competitions”, while he highlighted the role of educators and families in motivating students.
The project has the support of Ancap
Stipanicic stressed that the eight students will travel to the United States thanks to an agreement signed between ANEP and the company. “We have to imagine the future to 50 years, when our refinery stops processing oil”, he highlighted when highlighting the role of green energy.
“These young people are the ones who in the future are going to lead the technologies sentenced the president of Ancap when defending the agreement and highlighting the role of the organization in the technological transformation of the country.
Meanwhile, Silva highlighted Ancap for “supporting from the beginning” and stressed that public education “will always have challenges and problematic situations to solve”, but called to value “the success” that he has to “put in privileged seats to men and women, but also to the country”.
Source: Ambito
