Digital Academy for Parents

The initiative was started in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic and economic crisis, with the pandemic imposing distance learning, forcing the rapid adoption of digital tools to ensure the continuity of homeschooling. This programme aims to provide families with basic digital skills that make it easier for them to keep up with their children's schooling and also provide them with integration tools, which are essential in today's society.

In 2021, ADP launched the 2nd Edition, and the digital challenge for families of students aged 6 to 10 is no longer to support distance learning classes, but to ensure that parents have the necessary skills to understand the new learning methodologies, as well as to help their children manage the risks associated with less responsible use of the internet.

The programme also continues to promote the safe use of the Internet, networks and computers, motivated by the Digitalisation Programme for Schools and the Digital Transition Action Plan, which is seen as an instrument for the country's development, through the digital empowerment of people, the digital transformation of companies and the digitalisation of the State.

Now in its 4th edition, the aim is to continue providing families with basic digital skills that make it easier for them to keep up with their children's schoolwork and provide them with integration tools that are essential in today's society.

The aim is for families to develop critical, thoughtful and responsible attitudes when using digital technologies, environments and services, to develop skills in searching for and analysing information available on the Internet and to improve their ability to communicate appropriately when using digital media and resources. The aim is also to help families adopt critical and conscious attitudes that will enable them to make decisions that favour energy saving and the appropriate consumption of natural resources.

At a time when society is undergoing a marked digital transition, schools are currently involved in technological modernisation processes, with a view to organisational development, as well as to foster innovation and development in the education system, through the transversal integration of digital technologies into the different curricular areas of primary and secondary education, with a view to continuously improving the quality of learning. It is therefore essential to have parents and guardians who are able to accompany their children in the safe and healthy use of digital technologies, networks and the Internet.