The education programme known as Transforma, is spreading Olympic and Paralympic values and engaging school communities right across Brazil.
They offers three models of training courses for teachers all over Brazil with the goal of promoting new sports, spreading Olympic and Paralympic values and engaging the school community in the Rio 2016 Games.
• Distance learning: Learn about our virtual courses and take the Rio 2016 Games to your school
• Digital lessons: Reference educational content ready to be applied in class
• Sports training courses: On-site training for P.E. teachers to learn new sports
Operating since 2014 Transforma has opened over 7.000 positions in training courses, and in that time, over 40.000 hours of theoretical and practical courses were accomplished.
The programme has been rolled out to more than 9,000 schools in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and São Paulo and an estimated 4 million students have been involved both directly and indirectly.
Published 15/08/16 by Mark McCluskey