Photo: Florence Downes.
Schools change their routines, cities put up giant screens in squares and bars prepare special promotions to share the television shows of the matches played by the Argentine National Team in the World Cup that will begin this Sunday in Qatar.
Waiting for the team led by Lionel Scaloni to debut next Tuesday, at 7:00 p.m., against the Saudi Arabia team, Educational authorities from several provinces told the Télam correspondents that they will have tolerance with the arrival time so that everyone can see that game or they directly changed the schedule to start school activities at 9:30.
For the following matches of the first phase, when Argentina faces Mexico on Saturday 26, at 4:00 p.m., or Poland, on Wednesday 30, at 4:00 p.m., students will be able to follow the matches on television, while municipalities, shopping malls, and restaurants prepare the installation outdoor giant screens, as well as snack promotions in bars and cafeterias to share the event.
Buenos Aires province
In Buenos Aires, the Director General of Culture and Education of the province of Buenos Aires, Alberto Sileoni, recently said that “schools will function normally”, with tolerance when entering and leaving on the days that the National Team plays, since it deals with “an event of reality that attracts the attention of millions of people”.
He explained that this adaptation “means having some tolerance regarding the arrival on the days that he plays at 7 o’clock and tolerance regarding the departure on the days that he plays at 4 pm.”
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“We emphasize that the school invite the boys to watch it at school, because that horizontal scene of watching a game all together, teachers, assistants, students and students, is a very powerful scene pedagogically“Sileoni stressed.
Likewise, Buenos Aires schools will work on the theme of the Soccer World Cup in all curricular subjects through the microsite “Great goal. The World Cup at School” with activities for all educational levels.
Between rivers
The General Council of Education (CGE) of Entre Ríos presented two educational proposals to address the World Cup in Qatar.
Con “World Cup Dreams”, secondary students will carry out a didactic tour to create and keep active a news portal about the World Cup; while with “ProgramMate World” they will have to design their own soccer championship linking math and computer science.
“As every four years, schools will use (the World Cup) to work pedagogically, as occurs with other cultural, scientific or technological events,” the president of the CGE, Martín Müller, told Télam.
Córdoba
In Córdoba, many schools and educational entities they opted for the students to enter on Tuesday after 9.30 for their respective courses.
The Secretariat of Educational Management of Catamarca authorized the educational establishments of the province through Circular SGE 15/2022 to start the school day 30 minutes after the end of the first game that the Argentine national team will play this Tuesday, November 22.
chubut
And in Chubut, the Ministry of Education ordered that the Projectors in schools to watch the National Team matches as long as they coincide with the dictation schedules “trying for the students to live the special moment collectively and within the school environment,” said the Undersecretary of Education, Silvia Reynoso.
“We prefer to transform the passion for soccer into a pedagogical resource and that is how we let the school directors know,” he explained to Télam Reynoso.
Photo: Luis Cornú.
Mendoza
In Mendoza, the General Directorate of Schools (DGE) announced that the start time of classes in primary and secondary schools will be modified on November 22 and that day the children will be able to arrive at schools until 9:30 a.m. without being penalized for being late.
And they clarified that “The game on the 30th at 4:00 p.m. can be seen at the school”.
On the other hand, the Center for Innovation and Development of Opportunities of the City of Mendoza (NIDO), which seeks to promote social inclusion, invites the young community of the western neighborhoods to enjoy the Argentine matches at its headquarters, in the Flores Olivares neighborhood, indicated from the municipality.
Meanwhile, the Mendoza department of Luján de Cuyo will have an official FIFA “fan point” at Parque Ferri to watch the World Cup matches on big screenin addition to gastronomic proposals and live shows, confirmed sources from the commune.
And in the city of San Rafael, in the south of the province, locals and tourists will be able to enjoy the games in full at Parque de los Jóvenes, behind the Chacho Santa Cruz amphitheater, where a screen will be placed to watch all the games of the Argentine national team.
For the match against Mexico, in addition to the broadcast, there will be music in the preview, penalty shootouts, soccer tennis, and the most fanatical will have their faces painted in light blue and white.
Santa Fe
The Ministry of Culture of Santa Fe confirmed that The matches of the National Team will be screened on the esplanade of El MolinoFábrica Cultural, in the provincial capital, while in the city of Rosario all the matches played by the Albiceleste team will be projected live, and with free access, in the different multimedia spaces that the Atlas Cultural Complex (CCA) has, located in Miter 645.
saint Louis
In San Luis, the municipality of Villa Mercedes invited residents to get up early to encourage the National Team from 6 in the Plaza San Martín, where there will be music, raffles and games for the whole family. In addition, the fan who cheers the most during the game will be chosen to win shirts and balls.
And the National University of San Luis will broadcast the matches of the National Team in the university dining room where thousands of students will be able to witness the event together.
Black river
In the case of Río Negro, the municipality of Viedma announced that for the second game in the afternoon “they are looking for a place outdoors so that people can jointly support the National Teamand then continue enjoying the natural benefits that we have” in the city.
Mar del Plata and Villa Gesell
Meanwhile, in Mar del Plata, the president of the Municipal Tourism Entity (Emtur), Bernardo Martin, told Télam that they are going “to put giant screens in the arena” on the occasion of the football world cup in Qatar.
And the Villa Gesell Secretary of Tourism announced that this weekend “in the Primera Junta square in Villa Gesell there will be a giant screen to watch the World Cup.”
Photo: Sebastian Granata.
Award for compliant taxpayers
Some municipalities will also use Qatar 2022 matches to reward compliant taxpayers; What Comodoro Rivadavia raffles 42 televisions among those who have regularized their tax situation and do not have traffic violations.
In Rawsonthe municipality launched the contest “Cinema Rawson Mundial, Triple Hit” which It will distribute prizes among the neighbors who guess their coupons correctly which will be the champion team, who will be the best player and which will be the scorerwhile the José Hernández Cultural Center will open its cinema to watch the games.
The note was given by the San David association of the Welsh community of Trelew that will screen the matches in its spacious hall in Belgrano and San Martín but to see the selection of Galeswho qualified for the World Cup in the group made up of Iran, England and the United States.
Jujuy
In Jujuy, the Puno city of Abra Pampa programmed the projection of the matches of the first phase of the Selection in community and cultural centers.
And in the capital of Jujuy, the Annuar Shopping mall confirmed the projection of the matches with free admission in the food court sector with giant screens.
Salta
In the city of Salta, the Municipality will place a giant screen in plaza españain the west zone, so that the people of Salta can witness the debut match of the national team, within the framework of the initiative “Jump is World“, with activities organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the municipality.
The call is scheduled for 6 in the morning, and the transmission of the sporting event will be in charge of Channel 10 of Salta, while before and after the game there will be raffles for shirts, prizes, games and contests for all attendees.
Giant screens in restaurants, bars and shopping centers
On the gastronomic level, meanwhile, Restaurants, bars, cultural associations and shopping centers have put up giant screens to follow the World Cup alternatives and have designed special menus to share for breakfast on Tuesday or snacks in the coming weeks.while Argentina advances in the first phase of the competition.
In Bahía Blanca, the manager of the local Plaza Shopping, Nazareno Vega, told Télam that “all the matches played by the National Team” will be shown on a giant screen.
From Córdoba, the birthplace of soccer players Julián Álvarez and Paulo Dybala, the president of the province’s Gastronomic Hotel Business Association, Guillermo Natalí, explained that “Some hamburgers and cafeterias are preparing products with the names of players, teams or idols from different countries participating in the World Cup” and announced that there will be “special promotions with themes alluding to the World Cup to make it more attractive to the consumer.”
