The Councillor for Education, Trini Cayuela, director of IES Prado Mayor, Alicia Ortiz, and teaching technical advisor Care Service Diversity Directorate General of Promotion, Management and Innovation in Education of the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment, Gabriel Martínez Valverde, have closed for the third consecutive year the Occupational Hall, with the delivery of the presentation of certificates to participants who have completed these studies in the Old Secondary School in the town.
This initiative, which began last November and has had the participation of 15 students from local institutes, is a pioneer in the Region of Murcia, the mayor explained, since it originates in an agreement viurtud collaboration between the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment and the city of Totana, which "has opted for the third consecutive year for this innovative educational resource launched in the town."
The occupational class, which is an organizational measure education promotion special that takes place in the stage of compulsory secondary education, has the duration of a school year, ending June 20 this year.
Through occupational classroom, students have received pre-service training, basic practical training, personal development classes and activities, as reported by the mayor, who welcomed the progress made not only in education but academic personal and social.
Also, Cayuela took stock of this project because in general, both students and their families, had positively evaluated the occupational class, since it is an educational alternative that aims to return students to the educational system through initiation of a program of professional or curricular diversification program, he explained, who reported that of the fifteen students, eight will continue with this type of training activities.
According to the mayor, and taking into account the characteristics of students, since they had abandoned or put up a strong truancy during the past school year, "the results have been satisfactory and we support the continuation of occupational class, considering it is the best resource for these students. "
Finally, he thanked the Ministry of Education, Service to Diversity, collaboration and resources toward the implementation of this educational initiative, and the management team of the IES Juan de la Cierva) and encouraged students to continue training in the professional field in order to gain access in the future, to jobs and decent work.
Achievements of the training program
In addition, the mayor noted that the total of 15 students, 9 students successfully completed their schooling in the classroom during the academic year 2009/10 and attended classes regularly, 10 were enrolled in the Professional Qualification Program (PCPI) for next year and 4 re-enroll in the Occupational Classroom
In short, the 15 students, 10 of them are enrolled in Initial Vocational Training Program, constituting nearly 70 percent of participating students.
Given these results, the mayor concluded that major advances have occurred not only in quantity, that is, students enrolled in PCPI, if no progress made in academic, personal and social.
The coordination of occupational class and contact the IES Prado Mayor, to which is attached such class has been conducted since the Truancy Municipal Service of the Department of Education and has been very positive and productive, especially highlighting the great support and the work done by Maria del Mar, Professor Technical Community Services.
Finally, the mayor thanked the General Directorate of Promotion, Management and Academic Innovation of the Ministry of Education, Service to Diversity Juan Navarro Barba, Chief of Attention to diversity and to Elena Thief Guevara and Gabriel, technical advisors Service to Diversity, Alicia Ortiz, the team and the guidance department of the IES Prado Mayor and Fernando López school inspector for their support and commitment to this innovative educational resource, as up for the third consecutive year in Totana.
