The Government launches tender to buy more than 175,000 computers with connectivity for vulnerable students in Andalusia

08/02/2021

This tender for the mass purchase of digital learning equipment is in addition to those already launched to provide 200,000 computers and tablets to students from the autonomous communities of Aragón, Asturias, Baleares, Canarias, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid, Navarra and Basque Country, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla

The Educa en Digital Program, launched last June, aims to close the technological social gap and ensure access for all students to digital learning, both at home and at school, by purchasing computers and tablets for more than 435,000 students, developing digital education methodologies and training teachers

The present tender amounts to 100 million euros, of which almost 80 million will be covered by the FEDER structural funds through Red.es and the rest by the Junta de Andalucía

The Council of Ministers, on the proposal of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, has authorised the tender for the Home Education Post for Andalusia in the Educa en Digital programme, the aim of which is to support the digital transformation of education in Spain by supporting the most vulnerable students. The amount of this action amounts to 100 million euros, of which the public company Red.es will contribute 80 million through the FEDER funds and, the rest, will be co-financed by the Junta de Andalucía.

The Council of Ministers, on the proposal of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, has authorized the tender of the performance Educational Position in the Home for Andalusia within the program Educa en Digital whose objective is to support the digital transformation of education in Spain by supporting the most vulnerable students. The amount of this action amounts to 100 million euros, of which the public company Red.es will contribute 80 million through the FEDER funds and, the rest, will be co-financed by the Junta de Andalucía.

This action involves the acquisition of more than 175,839 computer equipment with connectivity that will facilitate digital education, both from home and in person, to students from vulnerable families who study in educational centers supported with public funds of this autonomous community.

This tender is in addition to those that had been approved to provide more than 200,000 computers and tablets to students from the autonomous communities of Aragón, Asturias, Baleares, Canarias, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid, Navarra and Basque Country, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. It is expected that the first equipment will be made available in the month of March.

Educa en Digital

The Educa en Digital program was approved by the Council of Ministers on June 16, 2020 and aims to provide educational centers with equipment with reliable and quality connectivity so that they can be provided and made available to students who do not have this equipment to access education with digital media, both at home and in the educational center itself.

It also includes another series of actions such as the provision of applications, tools and curricular resources that facilitate digital education, both face-to-face, in the center, and from home, and the training of teachers, in order to provide the educational community with digital educational resources.

The programme will initially mobilise EUR 230 million, of which Red.es will provide a maximum initial budget of up to EUR 190 million, with cofinancing from ERDF funds.

Following the procedures established for the implementation of the structural funds for the period 2014-2020 in Spain, the program requires the signing of agreements between the Autonomous Communities and Red.es for the realization of separate tenders following the indications and requirements determined by the educational authorities.