In a move to drive digital transformation in education, Santander, in partnership with the open education platform DIO (Digital Innovation One), announces the launch of the Santander EducaIA program.
The initiative offers 15,000 free scholarships for teachers and professionals in the field, focused on training for the strategic use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) in the classroom.
How to participate?
Registration for the program is open and can be done through with a deadline of November 9, 2025.
To participate, you must be a teacher or education professional and register using the same email for Santander Open Academy registration and for future access to the DIO platform.
Focus on productivity and student experience
The course aims to enable educators to use such as Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT, to optimize various daily school activities.
The focus is twofold: improving teaching productivity, automating administrative tasks and correcting tests, and enriching students’ learning experience through content personalization and more efficient pedagogical planning. The program also emphasizes the importance of ethics and good practices in
What is the course like?
With a total workload of 19 hours, the learning journey combines video classes, interactive lives, practical exercises and a final challenge, ensuring that participants can immediately apply the knowledge acquired.
Although the program is open to all types of including pedagogical coordinators and other professionals in the field, 50% of the vacancies will be reserved for university professors.
Marcio Giannico, senior head of Governments, Institutions, Universities and Santander Universia in Brazil, highlights the relevance of the program: “Mastering AI techniques allows you to expand knowledge and strengthen pedagogical thinking. With Santander EducaIA, educators will be able to boost teaching through tools that make it possible to focus on student training.”
Santander EducaIA appears as a crucial opportunity for educators across the country to innovate their practices and gain more time to dedicate themselves to the essence of their profession: improving students’ learning experience.
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Release of the first list of those approved for scholarship acceptance from November 13th to 19th;
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Release of the second list of those approved for scholarship acceptance: November 21st to 23rd;
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Study track release: December 1st;
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Completion and certification: until January 31, 2026.
