Esports, or competitive multiplayer video gaming, is a multibillion-dollar global industry, and its scholastic sector is growing exponentially as technology makes it easy and inexpensive to form a club where student interest will never be a problem.
Esports offers significant benefits for schools by providing students with opportunities to develop valuable professional skills like teamwork, strategic thinking, and digital literacy in a structured and supervised environment. These programs foster a sense of community and inclusion, encouraging positive social interactions and reducing the likelihood of engagement in harmful activities. Esports is linked with reaching new audiences within schools that don’t typically engage in other after school activities.
Laurie Lehman, Esports Project Manager at Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico, wrote in an email that her district’s Esports program grew from 100 students at various high schools in 2018 to more than 1,000 students across all grades today. Last year, six graduating seniors in the district received scholarships to compete on Esports teams and major in STEM subjects at New Mexico colleges. To date, there are over 10,000 high schools across the country that have an Esports team or program.
Currently, over 170 colleges offer Esports scholarships with certain schools even offering Esports-related degrees. There are over 200 recognized collegiate Esports teams across the country.
There’s no time to hesitate as this industry will only continue to grow as Esports becomes more prominent in the scholastic sector. If you would like to learn more about Esports reach out to Soter Technologies to start your Esports empire.
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