A group of 18 students 1st lari of Elefsinawho create their student “start” at school, participating in an educational program”virtual business» Junior Achievement Greece, met Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in order to support their business idea by giving their own advice and recommendations.

“If there is anything we as a government have achieved in these four years, it is freeing up schools and giving education leaders the opportunity to innovate, experiment and engage in a range of initiatives to make school more interesting, not just her. a classic commitment,” said the Prime Minister, talking to students who were justifying their business idea.

He added that “education itself is changing, becoming more experiential, our world is becoming more and more complex, the school textbook does not always keep pace with the speed at which knowledge develops, which means that through the school we have to be able to bring you in contact not only with this knowledge that is evolving so rapidly, but to equip you with the skills that will be sorely needed no matter what you decide to do with your life.”

“In our schools, it is very important to give children the opportunity to receive different incentives. Since we are also at a stage where I think we as a society have overcome some inhibitions about entrepreneurship and how young people perceive their future or solving these problems, I think that any simulation like this connects you with what you can choose what to do next in life. This is an extremely rewarding experience for you, and it certainly gives you the opportunity to better understand how the economy and the business world actually work,” the Prime Minister said.

OUR Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized the importance of cooperation within the team. “The most important thing for me is that it puts you in a collaborative framework where you role-play and find a way to eventually become better as a team. One of the big issues that I think we need to push more through our schools – and we’re doing that in a big way through the many activities we’re trying to put in place – is this very concept: whatever you do in your life, you will work in groups. It is certain. And what does it mean, finally, to work harmoniously in a team, distribute roles, manage different opinions, disagreements that may arise, this is a fruitful diversity that ultimately makes our teams always better and more productive. It’s great that you can be familiar with these kinds of processes and projects that have a form of complexity that require repeated meetings where you set a goal, try to achieve it, end up presenting what you finally thought to others.” , said the prime minister.

“Museum of the Pandemic”, a virtual business created by Elefsin’s 1st lari students

The students createPandemic Museum“. This idea came from children during the development of the Erasmus + project on entrepreneurship during the quarantine. The children wanted to create hyperlocal museum in Elefsina (with stationary and mobile section, periodical exhibitions, VR projections, digital content, events, etc.) that is informative about all pandemics that have taken place since ancient times, and at the same time analyzes historical, medical, psychological and economic aspects – impacts and how they have transformed societies in each time period in which they have taken place.

The ultimate goal is to transform intangible concepts and experiences into “tangible evidence” to be “housed” in a museum, offering a unique experience between the physical and digital worlds using new technologies such as augmented and virtual reality or artificial reality. intelligence .