First TUMO center in South America to open in Argentine capital of  Buenos Aires

ArmInfo. The first Tumo center in South America is expected to open in the Argentine capital of  Buenos Aires in 2025. This was announced by the Minister of  Education, Science, Culture and Sports (MESC) of Armenia Zhanna  Andreasyan at a meeting with the Minister of Education of Buenos  Aires Maria de las Mercedes Miguel.

As reported by the MESC, the center will provide about 3,000  teenagers with the opportunity to receive informal professional  education in such areas as animation, game creation, music, robotics,  cinematography, graphic design, 3D modeling, programming and other  areas.

In this regard, Maria de las Mercedes Miguel noted that active  educational reforms are also being carried out in Argentina,  including in the direction of introducing project-based learning. In  this regard, she noted the facilitating role of the Tumo educational  model.

Emphasizing the importance of education in the STEM fields (science,  technology, engineering and mathematics), Maria de las Mercedes  Miguel pointed to the need for women's involvement in these  educational areas as a challenge. In this regard, Zhanna Andreasyan  noted that this is also the goal of a separate policy in Armenia.

According to the source, the head of the Ministry of Education and  Science of Armenia presented to the guest programs aimed at  developing technological education in Armenia, which have generated  interest on various international platforms. Among them, the Armat  engineering laboratory, the COAF informal education center, as well  as the Artificial Intelligence Generation educational initiative,  which was launched in 16 high schools in Armenia in September 2023.

During the meeting, the parties also discussed the possibility of  exchanging experiences and other issues of mutual interest.