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This initiative, co-financed by the ERDF and the City, has been reinforced by a teacher more than last year, so it will increase the hours of work in the College of St. Kitts and, for the first time, will perform at the school Jose Robles.

The City Council Local Development Council of Lorca, Eulalia Ibarra has reported this morning that about 370 students from schools in San Cristobal, Juan González, Andrés García Soler, Casa del Niño and Jose Robles, participate during this academic year in the program Paidos, educational support, framed within the Urban Community Initiative of the Barrios Altos de Lorca, co-financed by the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) and the Consistory.

Ibarra explained that "in this way we will double the number of beneficiaries who two years ago took part in this program, in addition to the hours of work performed, as we have gone from two to four the number of teachers involved in this project. In addition, this year the project started a month earlier than in 2012. "

The mayor said that "while last year that schools get Andrés García Soler and Juan Gonzalez had one of these teachers during the school hours, this year we have increased working hours at the Colegio San Cristobal, where there will be a exclusively professional, and for the first time, at the request of the center, will perform at the school Jose Robles, as he attends a high number of students from the scope of the Urban Initiative ".

"This project is proposed as complementary actions compensatory education in schools attended by children resident in the area of ​​intervention of the Urban Initiative, and the four support teachers perform their work in coordination with the management team and teachers- guardians of pupils to overcome educational difficulties that may arise, based on their level of development, "added the councilor.

Lali Ibarra stated that "the objectives we work with this project are to promote equal opportunities in education for all children, paying special attention to those most disadvantaged; prevent absenteeism and school failure to achieve the objectives of the Elementary Education; enable specific attention, supporting curriculum acquisition and linguistic skills necessary for their full integration into the educational system in cases of curricular gaps and in the case of immigrant students with no knowledge of Spanish. Moreover, we seek to facilitate social integration and education of students and their families, promoting respect between different cultures. "

The council has stressed the success of this program, "which has been highly appreciated by the management teams of schools and last year when we present it had planned to participate in it 224 students and eventually reached 316 beneficiaries."

The acceptance of Paidos has been expressed repeatedly by educational teams, and therefore the City has extended this project that contributes to the social integration of the children of this area, following the principle announced by the council and that "with ERDF funds in the coming years take precedence social activities and employment in Uptown, as the bulk of the cost of remodeling and improving infrastructure of Uptown will be borne by the region ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca