Tullpi, an initiative of the University of Technology and Engineering of Peru, seeks to democratize Education and, at the same time, improve the quality of education in at-risk schools. Maba's deployment is based on work with teachers, students and technology. The aim is to train teachers to empower them to use technology as one more resource that allows them to strengthen the expected learning, according to the objectives of the Ministry of Education, in the different levels of Education regular basic education for the children of the country. All this allows the teacher to be more attentive to the pace of learning and intervene at the right time.

In this sense, part of the current work of Licet Reaño, alumni of the School of Education and Psychology, is to offer advisory service pedagogical project Tullpi, an initiative that goes hand in hand with Maba, and aims to strengthen and achieve the learning of basic math skills in children between 4 and 7 years.

"We have visited schools, tested different prototypes and finally launched the idea "on the air". We are implementing this initiative, together with Maba, in schools in vulnerable areas of Lima and other cities in Peru. In addition, we have started the campaign to publicize Tullpi and the crowdfounding to continue the work," says Reaño.

The idea of Tullpi, according to its promoters, stems from the realization that Peru ranks last in mathematics Education worldwide. "We saw children frustrated with the conventional ways of learning mathematics. We thought we had to do something. So we sat inside the classrooms, talked to teachers, parents, experts and many children, and discovered that the problem was not in mathematics itself, but in the way it was taught." 

Tullpi transforms mathematics into a constant experiment, creating an intuitive connection between the abstract of numbers and objects in the real world. Children use simple bottle caps to solve math challenges with their own hands.

"Currently, we have six schools in Peru that have Maba and Tullpi in the classrooms. We have spent days in schools in the outlying areas of Lima implementing the proposal, seeing how the resources work in the classrooms and accompanying teachers in the use of this new tool that seeks to expand learning possibilities. We have seen how the children have intuitively interacted with the material and how the teacher can customize attend to meet the needs of the children," says this former MIEP student.

"On the other hand, we have seen how this material is of great use to children with special educational needs who require visual and concrete support to achieve their learning achievements."

Tullpi's "kits" consist of a stand made and created for use with tablets and ipads and the use of concrete material.

Tullpi offers a kit that transforms the iPad into a learning and play station at the same time, allowing you to learn mathematics by playing with lids, create music by playing with the lids and learn to write by drawing.

In addition, for each kit purchased, another one is implemented in a public high school in a vulnerable area.

"We are still in the crowdfunding process, our goal is to reach as many children as possible to ensure a good start in learning mathematics. We are very happy with the reception and enthusiasm with the results that this intervention can bring. A few days ago we were in one of the poorest regions of the country, in both schools, the resources were very well received, not only by teachers and children, but also by parents. Our next goal challenge is to extend the reach of Maba and Tullpi to other areas of learning and thus continue to improve the quality of education in Peru.