Technological training promoted for children and adolescents under Conani protection
The National Council for Children and Adolescents (Conani) and the Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA) have renewed a high-impact interinstitutional agreement, designed to ensure that minors residing in Foster Homes have direct access to specialized training in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
This strategic alliance is not only limited to the technical training of young people, but also encompasses the training of Conani’s administrative staff in critical areas such as digital skills and cybersecurity, thus strengthening the institutional infrastructure in the face of the challenges of today’s digital world.
Technology as a tool for social transformation
Ligia Pérez Peña, executive president of Conani, emphasized that this initiative is fundamental to reducing vulnerability gaps. As she explained, technological training is an essential path for these young people to build a solid and competitive life project.
Today’s society cannot advance without knowledge or technology. Other children have families that provide them with these opportunities, but for the children under our protection, it is up to us to create the conditions for them to develop their full potential and build a life project.
Ligia Pérez Peña, Executive President of Conani
Pérez Peña also highlighted that, within the framework of the update to the Code for the System of Protection and Fundamental Rights of Children and Adolescents (Law 136-03), the need to protect minors from the risks associated with digital crimes and social media has become evident, a concern expressed by the adolescents themselves during the reform consultations.
National reach and educational commitment
For his part, the rector of ITLA, Jimmy Rosario Bernard, highlighted the transformative power of technology, recalling his own professional trajectory. The agreement will allow children and adolescents from Conani to use the 12 ITLA campuses nationwide, including the new facilities currently in the process of opening.
Technology changes lives. These children and adolescents deserve to have opportunities and someone to guide them. With this agreement, we are not just signing a document; we are doing our part to transform the future of these young people.
Jimmy Rosario Bernard, Rector of ITLA
The results of previous pilot courses, which sparked notable interest in disciplines such as robotics, have served as a foundation to consolidate this agreement, which seeks to ensure that technology is an open door toward the comprehensive development and successful integration of Dominican youth into contemporary society.
