Overview
- The Ministry of Education unveiled the AlertaMinedu mobile app in Piura to let school principals report risk events, activate emergency protocols, and send real‑time status updates to local education units (UGELs) and civil defense.
- Minister Jorge Marticorena presented the tool as a prevention measure to strengthen school-level response to El Niño threats and reduce interruptions to teaching and learning.
- The government inaugurated the rebuilt Institución Educativa Técnico de Aplicación in La Arena after 2017 damage, a six‑building campus with 26 classrooms, drainage works and a reported investment of 77 million soles serving about 972 students.
- Officials also opened the new Virgen del Carmen school in Catacaos, a four‑building site with 21 classrooms, drainage for heavy rains and a reported 50 million‑sol investment that serves roughly 1,219 pupils; authorities handed 1,816 tablets to the regional government to support remote learning if needed.
- Piura was singled out as a priority because of its high exposure to El Niño, and the combined digital reporting system and resilient infrastructure mark a shift from post‑disaster rebuilding toward proactive, coordinated preparedness that should speed decisions by UGELs and protection agencies.