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The younger students, still under-age, are looking
to further continue their studies. Some of them even
dare to travel to Tacuarembó, while the majority
expect that new opportunities will arise in the area,
but they are all convinced that their studies and the
hours travelled to complete the three years were very
fruitful. “The course will help me a lot in the future. I
learned many things that I had no idea about before.
I didn’t know how to use a computer. Later, this will
help me because without education you can’t get a
job anywhere”, says Fátima Ortega, aged 17, with
the expectation that there will soon be new courses
in Clara or in Paso de los Novillos where she lives.
“I would love to carry on”, says Ortega while she
explained that prior to this programme, when she
finished school, she spent two years at home without
being able to study.
A REAL NEED
This programme arose from a diagnosis of the
communities in the area, driven by the UPM
Foundation, which identified the need for families
to have greater education opportunities. In 2012,
an agreement was signed between UTU, the UPM
Foundation, farms in the area and the Cardijn
Training in rural areas
The graduation ceremony
was of interest for the local
residents and was attended
by the General Director
of the UTU (Technological
University), agronomist
Eduardo Davyt, the
Counselor of UTU, Technical
Teacher César González
and representatives of
different public and private
institutions involved in the
project.
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