Digital Academy for Parents

The Digital Academy for Parents Programme is an initiative of E-REDES in partnership with the Institute of Education, Quality and Assessment, I.P., which gives parents and guardians of children and young people attending primary and secondary school the opportunity to attend free training courses that promote digital skills. 

The initiative was launched in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic and economic crisis, with the pandemic imposing distance learning and forcing the rapid adoption of digital tools to ensure the continuity of education at home.

With regard to the programme's objectives, in addition to facilitating the monitoring of their children's schooling by parents and guardians, it also seeks to offer integration tools, which are essential in today's society. The programme also promotes the safe use of the Internet, networks and computers, motivated by the Digitisation Programme for Schools and the Action Plan for Digital Transition, which is seen as an instrument for the country's development through the digital empowerment of people, the digital transformation of businesses and the digitisation of the State.

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

In a phase of marked digital transition in society, 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 cross-cutting integration of digital technologies in different areas of the primary and secondary school curriculum, with a view to continuously improving the quality of learning.

It is therefore essential that parents and guardians are able to guide their children in the safe and healthy use of digital technologies, networks and the Internet.