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The responsibility for education of the Election Committee of the PSOE in Lorca, Jose Segura, said today that next year, some 2,000 families Lorca can not buy school books for their children after removal of the Government aimed bonolibro regional PP.
Segura pointed to the data they handle non-governmental organizations working with disadvantaged groups in the municipality.
Caritas only comes every day an average of 17 to 20 families in search of food staples, which this year have served 6,000 citizens who needed staples.
"They are neighbors who barely have enough to eat and live next September's drama could not afford books for their children," said the Socialist leader who lamented that, at this, the mayor of the PP, Francisco Jodar, "is abide by the interests of his party and its leader Valcárcel.
In fact, in 2011 Lorca will fail to receive one million euros in aid for purchase of books by the families.
A third of that made him the Ministry of Education, Government of Spain, now lose money "while Jódar silent and consent", reported Segura.
The PSOE politician also expressed its surprise that the Federation of Associations of Parents (FAMP) Lorca has not acted on the Elimination of bonolibro, although "we know that members of its board are outraged this measure" .
In that sense, Segura requested its president "to think of the thousands of fathers and mothers to represent and whose interests should be."
Row, offered the cooperation of the PSOE in any action the local FAMP may undertake against the removal of bonolibro and other regional government cuts affecting the education sector as the elimination in 2011 of the autonomous budget aid for school transportation .
Cast of 7,000 brand-pages
In any case, the PSOE of Lorca, in coordination with the Young Socialists, has decided to launch a campaign against the removal of bonolibro and Lorca for families and their children's right to free and quality education.
Along with the general secretary of the youth organization, Ana Belén Hidalgo, Segura said the actions carried out in the coming months and which are specified in sending a letter to the AMPAS and school boards in the socialists explain its position and expressed their willingness for briefings on this issue.
Also distributed 7,000-page mark in all schools and institutes of secondary education in the municipality and submitted to schools to create a bank of text books so they can be reused by other children and thus promote solidarity between Lorca.
In addition, the PSOE is already working on the development of an implementation of free textbooks to include in the agenda of the municipal election of 2011, something that Lorca was launched in 2006 and abolished Jódar Francisco when he arrived City Hall.
This is a loan system that makes it possible to work on values education and that "requires students to be especially careful with the books and materials, makes them more accountable and also make better use of public resources."
For his part, explained Ana Belén Hidalgo Lorca Socialist Youth "will be used to fund this campaign" because "it is necessary for society to view the model antisocial and unsupportive of PP where" public education has unfortunately become something secondary to the regional government. "
Source: PSOE Lorca
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