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EduScratch
Portugal · Setubal · National · See the Portugal profile
The aim of the EduScratch project is to disseminate and support the pedagogical use of the Scratch programming language, providing training for teachers and students as target groups and aldo includes young people in risk The EduScratch portal is a means of communication and sh
60%
Students reporting an increase in digital competences
3,691
People reached
25,000
People targeted
25,000 EUR
Programme cost
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- ICT Competence Center of the School of Education - Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal — website
- Type
- Policy
- Status
- Ongoing
- Target groups
- Marginalised young people and children
- People reached
- 3691
- People targeted
- 25000
- Period
- 2015-01-01
- Region (NUTS)
PT17- Keywords
- coding, digital, inclusion, skills, students
Context
EduScratch is a Portuguese project run by the ICT Competence Center of the School of Education, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, disseminating and supporting the pedagogical use of the Scratch programming language for teachers and students, including young people at risk, in partnership with the Comissão de Proteção de Jovens em Risco (Young Children Protection Committee).
Objectives
To build teachers' and students' digital competences and technological fluency using the Scratch programming language, responding to the growing gap between technological evolution and citizens' technological fluency.
Activities
An open community portal shares class plans, sample projects, and tutorials. Teacher training is offered as 3-hour workshops, 15-hour basic courses, and 30-hour courses in which trainees implement classroom sessions. Programming Clubs were created in schools with the Young Children Protection Committee.
Results
The project reports that 60% of students increased their digital competences; the programme cost is stated as €25,000, reaching 3,691 of a targeted 25,000 people.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Information source — accessed 2026-06-14
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