The Department of Education and Social Care today introduced the campaign for the prevention and control of truancy "Come to school!"
in the town of Totana, whose figures in the school year 2013/14 amounted to 2.01%, well below the regional and national average.
Councilwoman bouquet, Josefa María Sánchez, technical program manager Truancy, Joaquín Costa, and the agent of the local police, Andrés Martín Gómez, realized the actions covered by this program, and are coordinated by the Commission Municipal under the Municipal Plan of Totana School Absenteeism.
Education is compulsory by law from 6 to 16 years and it is the duty of parents to ensure that this is accomplished, it would constitute a crime and based on this can punish them.
This program calls for lower rates of absenteeism among students in different schools in Totana, putting all possible means to reasons the students in a situation of absence of the importance of education for their future, trying to draft arise life and avoiding failure in the future.
The Municipal Plan Truancy and Dropout School in Totana was launched in 2005 in Totana, setting the corresponding protocols between the different services involved in the detection, prevention, awareness campaigns and training to parents lectures.
The results, well below the regional average (26.5%) and national (23.5%), are the result of efforts of all services and staff involved in this program, such as teachers of schools school (tutors, head teachers and principals), councilors, municipal services Education, Social Care and Safety and the support and advice of the Ministry of Education.
As explained by technical, cases of absenteeism usually go together and hide other situations that cause absenteeism, first thing to do is diagnose familial status or pupil personnel from that perform diagnostic protocol that appropriate.
In the City Commission Truancy Totana are studying the different cases considered, together with the performance of the local police in the street, and actions to follow that can reach the Office of Children.
