The Fernando Volio Jiménez Technical and Vocational School (CTP) in Cartago inaugurated the nation’s first Maker Space within the public schooling system.
This initiative is sponsored by Garnier & Garnier Real Estate Developments, by Zona Franca La Lima, in partnership with Tecnikids and the Ministry of Public Education (MEP), and can profit greater than 900 college students and 50 academics.
The Maker Space was created in response to present challenges in schooling, in a context the place advances in synthetic intelligence demand the event of human expertise.
These embrace creativity, crucial considering, and problem-solving.
Through this house, studying turns into a hands-on expertise the place college students be taught by doing, experimenting, and tackling real-world challenges, in response to these in cost.
More Than a Traditional Lab
This Maker Space is an surroundings designed for college kids to discover, generate concepts, develop prototypes, take a look at them, and share their findings.
This strategy promotes lively participation within the studying course of and fosters an modern mindset from an early age.
For the tutorial group at CTP Fernando Volio, this house represents a concrete alternative to remodel the learning experience.
“This challenge permits us to foster a extra complete studying expertise for our college students, linking it to areas resembling science, expertise, artwork, and arithmetic.
“Beyond knowledge, it strengthens their ability to apply technological tools in their daily lives and prepares them to actively contribute to their environment. These types of partnerships with the private sector are key to achieving this,” mentioned Abel Elizondo, the establishment’s director.
The opening of this facility is a part of a pilot program launched in 2025 at three public establishments within the canton of Cartago:
• CTP Fernando Volio Jiménez
• Tobosi High School
• Rafael Hernández Madriz School
This first section has already reached greater than 2,000 college students, with the purpose of fostering curiosity in STEAM fields (science, expertise, engineering, arts, and arithmetic) by a coaching program developed by Tecnikids.
Pilot Program
The pilot program was structured round three pillars: the implementation of a STEAM curriculum tailor-made to every establishment, the creation of innovation areas outfitted for the event of expertise initiatives, and instructor coaching.
In this section, greater than 60 academics participated in workshops that mixed idea and observe, strengthening their capacity to combine new methodologies into the classroom.
“We are at a turning level in how college students have interaction with data. Artificial intelligence is forcing us to rethink instructional areas.
“This Maker Space addresses that need: it is a place where technology ceases to be an end in itself and becomes a means to solve real-world problems. Here, students can brainstorm, prototype, and create solutions, developing key skills for the workforce,” defined José Lam, director of Tecnikids Costa Rica.Zona Franca La Lima actualmente genera cerca de 10.000 empleos directos y alberga 19 empresas. Y cerca de 9 de cada 10 personas que trabajan en este parque empresarial son cartagineses.
“Initiatives like this tackle a transparent want: to align schooling with the abilities demanded by at this time’s workforce.
“That is why, at Zona Franca La Lima—where the vast majority of talent comes from Cartago—this effort is part of a broader vision: to create concrete opportunities for people and strengthen the capabilities that define competitiveness today,” mentioned Kembly Brenes, head of sustainability and company relations at Garnier & Garnier.
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