Rio de Janeiro City Hall inaugurates new GET in Padre Miguel, in the West Zone.

Moacyr Padilha Educational and Technological Gymnasium will serve 279 children from 1st to 5th grade - Photo: Marco Antonio Lima/Rio City Hall

The mayor of Rio, Eduardo Cavaliere, accompanied by the municipal secretary of Education, Hugo Nepomuceno, inaugurated, this Friday (04/09), another Technological Educational Gymnasium (GET), in Padre Miguel, in the West Zone. The new GET Moacyr Padilha has 10 classes from the 1st to the 5th grade of Elementary School. With this unit, the City Hall reaches 317 GETs inaugurated, expanding the offer of full-time education and strengthening a policy that combines learning, innovation and integral development of students.

— The inauguration of another GET (Global Technological Education Center) in Padre Miguel demonstrates our commitment to continuing to transform public education in Rio. It is very gratifying to see eight- and nine-year-old students using technological tools to learn programming languages ​​and logical reasoning, which strengthens their learning of Portuguese and Mathematics in this age of artificial intelligence. — highlighted Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere.

The city government's goal is to reach 350 units by 2026 and serve 150 students. By the end of 2028, the city will have 500 GETs (Global Education Centers) distributed throughout all regions of Rio de Janeiro.

— Inaugurating this GET in Padre Miguel represents more opportunities for our children, with a hands-on teaching model that combines technology and engagement. What we are bringing to the municipal network is the most modern in the world today. Taking this structure to another unit in the West Zone reinforces the decentralization of the project throughout the city, betting on the strength of our people and investing directly in the future of our students — reinforced the municipal Secretary of Education, Hugo Nepomuceno.

GETs are an innovative teaching model.

The Technological Educational Gymnasiums (GETs) are an innovative teaching model that integrates different areas of knowledge, focusing on critical thinking, creativity, sensitivity, and student leadership, through active methodologies and a comprehensive education proposal that extends beyond traditional classroom spaces.

The initiative was recognized by the Ministry of Education (MEC) as one of the most inspiring experiences in the country in the management and pedagogical projects of comprehensive education. This recognition reinforces Rio's position as the Innovation Capital and consolidates the presence of digital and media education in the municipal public school system.

GETs adopt the STEAM approach — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics — and represent a new conception of school for the 21st century: spaces focused on didactic-pedagogical innovation, experimentation with knowledge, and active collaboration between students and educators. The proposal is to prepare students for the challenges of the future by bringing technology and practical learning closer to the daily lives of families and communities.

Each unit boasts modern infrastructure and state-of-the-art equipment. In the collaborative environment, students work with artificial intelligence, 3D printers, laser cutters, projection glasses, robotics kits, and sewing machines—tools that make learning concrete and connected to the reality of the territories where the schools are located.