Andalusia’s Education Department has launched a mobile STEAM classroom that will travel across the region to introduce students to robotics, coding and computational thinking. The CTRL+ALT+FUTURO project was presented at Marie Curie public school in Seville by Education Minister María del Carmen Castillo and José Antonio Nieto, minister for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Development and Public Administration.
Castillo said the specially adapted bus has spaces for robotics practice and coding lessons, along with audiovisual and interactive resources, technology supplied to schools through the programme, and an area for workshops. Participants can also ask CODEX, the virtual assistant for the Código Escuela 4.0 programme, questions about the initiative.
The bus is scheduled to visit 22 schools and six teacher-training centres (CEP) in all eight provinces. Visits have been prioritised for schools in rural areas, areas designated for social transformation, and towns where students may be more vulnerable to the digital divide. Castillo said the inclusion of teacher-training centres reflects the department’s commitment to providing high-quality STEAM training for teachers involved in delivering Código Escuela 4.0 during the 2026–2027 school year.
The route also includes a stop at SIMO Educación at IFEMA in Madrid from 11 to 13 November. The tour is due to conclude in Málaga on 25 November.
Activities will be adapted to participants and school level. In early childhood education, sessions will cover orientation, sequencing and logical thinking; primary school activities will include robotics challenges and block-based coding; and secondary school sessions will involve devices and sensors, as well as augmented intelligence, with particular attention to professional uses of artificial intelligence in the classroom. The visits are intended to give students and teachers hands-on experience with the programme’s equipment and explore how it can be used in lessons.
Castillo also said nearly €40 million would be allocated during the school year to continue providing technology equipment to publicly funded schools. Under Código Escuela 4.0, the deployment is expected to reach more than 3,500 centres in 2026–2027, with resources suited to different school stages. The programme is funded in part by European funds.
The new STEAM resources continue the provision of Interactive Digital Classrooms under the EcoDigEdu territorial cooperation programme, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility, which has received more than €172 million. Equipment ranges from tangible programming materials and small robots for early childhood education to robotics kits, sensors, programmable boards and virtual- or augmented-reality devices for older students. The department says resources will be distributed according to school level and individual centres’ needs, and progressively integrated into teaching activities alongside teacher training and support.