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This paper presents the implementation of an educational robotics course at the Santa María Reina Private School in Chiclayo, Peru, designed to provide early engineering education to students in preschool, elementary, and secondary school. Now in its thirteenth year, this initiative serves approximately 1,350 female students, promoting the development of STEM skills through hands-on learning experiences. The pedagogical approach is based on project-based learning, where students identify problems in their environment, design technological solutions, build prototypes, program systems, and evaluate their results, fostering innovation, logical thinking, and collaborative work.
During the training process, digital tools such as Lego Digital Designer are used for preliminary modeling of solutions, as well as robotics kits like Wedo 2.0 and EV3, which integrate sensors and motors. Additionally, the use of Arduino Uno has been incorporated at the secondary level, strengthening learning in electronics and automation. The institutional robotics fair serves as the primary venue for socialization and evaluation, where projects are progressively selected and assessed by university judges, strengthening the link with higher education.

The program has demonstrated its sustainability by continuing for thirteen years, adapting to new circumstances—such as online learning during the pandemic—and incorporating new technologies. This experience makes a significant contribution to the empowerment of women in technology and to the training of future female engineering professionals.