The National Exhibition for Education, Arts, Science and Technology kicks off

This virtual exhibition, organized by the Ministry of Education through the National Science and Technology Exhibition Program, is a tool that allows the educational community and the general public to learn about the research work carried out by participating schools and their students.

The National Program accompanies science fairs in all jurisdictions and encourages in all schools in the country students, students, and educators to conduct research in the arts, sciences, and technologies, according to age and educational level. seeks to motivate girls and boys, young men and adults, and adults with attitudes, values ​​and vocations; Encouraging the exchange of educational experiences. promoting civic and democratic culture, critical spirit and curiosity; Develop students’ communication skills by displaying their products.

Students and their teachers develop work and projects in different areas of knowledge and display them in their schools. Then, the distinguished are selected to participate in local, regional and regional fairs, and from these cases – developed with the competence teams – the projects that will be part of the national sample are selected.

In this new edition, more than 1,300 projects will be presented, involving 20,000 students and more than 2,000 teachers from 22 provinces of the country. The works can be viewed on the exhibition website by clicking here. Correspondingly, from this site you can visit the regional fairs, with more than 8,500 jobs carried out by about 130,000 students, 15,000 teachers, and 4,000 residents.

The opening session of the National Gallery will be held by Alejandro Garay, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social and Cultural Education. Pilar Piccinini, National Director of Educational Inclusion and Extension, and Marcelo Bazin, Coordinator of the Science Activities District, and will be broadcast on Canal Youtube from the ministry.

Science and Technology Fair in 2020 and 2021

2020 presented the challenge of continuing to study in the context of isolation and protective distancing. That’s why the National Science and Technology Fair Program suggested that schools present their projects virtually, and so it was possible for more than 500 projects to make up this national fair. In 2021, in order to ensure this educational policy to enhance the participation of students in the development of scientific works, but taking into account the health care of students, it is determined to give continuity to this hypothetical method.