Polish students can now access a state Minecraft server. Their Digital Ministry has opened it due to the Corona crisis.
In Poland, many people also have to stay home and pass the time due to the Corona virus. However, while some countries are still struggling with widespread fast internet, the Polish government has established a special project for its students. Among other things, there is a state Minecraft server that only students can access.
What kind of server is it? The server is part of the “Grarantanna” project by the Polish Ministry of Digitalization. The goal is to entertain students while they are at home and simultaneously provide a certain level of education. However, the project includes not only the Minecraft server, which is just part of a larger array of activities. There are also historical quizzes, math and logic-based puzzles, as well as various tools to organize some rounds of Pen&Paper online.
What is being done on the Minecraft server? Currently, a competition is taking place on the Minecraft server among students that will continue until the end of this week. The students are tasked with recreating historical buildings. They use the Creative Mode, having unlimited resources available to achieve the goal – so the farming of diamonds is not necessary.
Can anyone participate? No. Only Polish students with a corresponding identification can register for the server. However, over the next days and weeks, there will surely be a number of screenshots from this server showing what the students have created during this time – and whether it really took the orderly course that the ministry desired. Because things in Minecraft don’t always go as planned.
What do you think of this idea? Is it a cool thing that the government is taking care of students and their free time in connection with education? Or should the government stay away from Minecraft servers?
