Jornal de Leiria – EPAMG wins Digital Technology Center worth 1.3 million euros

The Marinha Grande Professional and Artistic School (EPAMG) obtained approval for the creation of a Specialized Technological Center, which will be funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).

The global investment to be made in EPAMG amounts to 1.3 million euros and includes a focus on infrastructure and equipment, which will “represent a qualitative leap in this strategic area for the region, the digital area”, says a press release from EPAMG .

According to the institution, the professional courses for Mechanical Construction Design Technician – Molds and CAD/CAM Technician are aligned with this project, the new professional secondary education offer that EPAMG is proposing for the academic year 2024/2025 .

All of the school’s training offerings “will benefit from this investment, which will have state-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure”, he also assumes.

“We will be contributing to an increase in the potential for creating added value in key areas within the framework of industry 4.0 and in line with the challenges of the climate transition and digital transition”, states the press release.

“The focus on new technologies in the digital area will certainly guarantee highly innovative results in the preparation of students for professional activity and progression of studies to higher education, an objective clearly defined in the school’s educational project”, assumes EPAMG, in the statement .

According to the institution, “climate transition and digital transition constitute two of the structuring dimensions of the PRR, which is representative of the importance of these two themes for the economy and society in general”.

In this sense, EPAMG understood “that it is its duty to embrace this opportunity to be aligned with the great challenges facing the entire Leiria region”. “The recognition of the School’s enormous impact on the region and the identification that our educational project is fundamental for the development of the municipality of Marinha Grande is yet another reason to encourage us to follow a path of innovation and integration into the region’s strategic objectives ”, he concludes.