Argentina adds Ethereum to Buenos Aires high school curriculum

High schools in the city of Buenos Aires will offer blockchain internships to provide hands-on experience to students.

Argentina’s Ministry of Education collaborated with ETH Kipu to include Ethereum in Buenos Aires’s high school curriculum. 

In an announcement, the ETH Kipu Foundation said it had collaborated with Buenos Aires to introduce Ethereum and blockchain technology to high school classrooms in the city. With this, high schools in Buenos Aires will also offer blockchain internships to provide hands-on experience to students. 

The first course in the program will begin on Aug. 27. 

Training 500 students in Solidity

In addition, ETH Kipu said it would implement an online Solidity course. The course aims to train 500 students over 18 to develop decentralized applications (DApps) with the programming language. The foundation plans to prepare 30 instructors to provide Ethereum and blockchain training to the students. 

Solidity is a high-level programming language used to build smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. It was developed in 2014 to create DApps on Ethereum. It’s also being used in popular networks like the BNB Smart Chain and Avalanche. 

ETH Kipu co-founder Paula Doy said that the integration of Ethereum in high schools teaches students about technology and gives students tools to “shape the future.” Doy added: 

“This initiative will open up new career opportunities for young people and place Argentina at the forefront of the global blockchain movement.”

ETH Kipu is an organization focused on educating Latin America on Ethereum. On Aug. 7, ETH Kipu and the Ethereum Foundation conducted an Ethereum workshop that brought together 200 students to learn about the blockchain. The organization said this event served as a “launchpad” for the broader initiative to bring blockchain education to high schools in Buenos Aires. 

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Crypto adoption in Argentina

As Argentina’s local inflation rate skyrockets, its citizens flock to digital assets. With a 276% annual inflation rate, the country has led the Western hemisphere in crypto adoption. On July 8, Forbes analysts highlighted that of 130 million visitors to 55 of the biggest crypto exchanges globally, 2.5 million came from Argentina. 

Furthermore, Argentina was also the top market on Binance in terms of visitors. Data from SimilarWeb showed that 6.9% of total visits to Binance came from Argentina. Crypto adoption in the country is attributed to locals buying stablecoins like Tether (USDT) to keep their funds valuable amid local inflation. 

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