At ÁNIMA, we believe that when education meets real experience, something changes forever. That conviction has been guiding our work since 2015 and is reaffirmed by the report published by the Center for the Study of Economic and Social Reality (CERES): “Towards greater integration between education and work in Uruguay: the potential of dual training.”.
The study presents compelling data on the country’s challenges – educational relevance, high disengagement and youth unemployment – and highlights dual training as an alternative capable of generating more meaningful educational trajectories and better job opportunities.
During the elaboration of the report, ÁNIMA shared with CERES data, lessons learned and methodologies built over our ten years of implementing the dual model. Although the study takes a broad view of the system, explicitly includes the evidence generated by ANIMA, pointing us out as one of the reference cases at the national level..
The evidence is clear: the dual model transforms trajectories
At ÁNIMA we see it every year:
- Young people more than twice as likely to complete high school.
- An increase of close to 40% in the probability of accessing formal employment.
- More than 840 young graduates, more than 450 internships in 145 training companies that open their doors to accompany the learning process.
These results are in direct dialogue with the international evidence analyzed by CERES and reflect the potential of a model that integrates classroom and company as complementary training spaces.
Looking to the future: partnerships to expand opportunities
The report points out the need to move towards a national agenda that links education, labor and productivity. At ANIMA, we reaffirm our commitment to this path: to continue generating knowledge, strengthening the public conversation and building alliances that allow us to bring dual training to more young people and more territories in the country..
Uruguay has the opportunity to consolidate a stronger bridge between learning and doing. At ÁNIMA we will continue working to make this bridge accessible, inspiring and transforming for all young people.