This initiative, co-financed by the ERDF and the Department of Local Development, is a booster for those public primary schools to students who come from the districts of the city, such as San Cristobal Colleges, Casa del Niño, Andres Garcia Soler, Juan Gonzalez and Jose Robles.
The Councillor for Local Development Council of Lorca, Eulalia Ibarra has reported this morning that about 400 students from schools in San Cristóbal, Juan González, Andrés García Soler, Casa del Niño and Jose Robles, will benefit along this academic year of Paidos, educational support program 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 "this is a project that has been successful over the years that has been done, facilitating learning of students with social or greater integration of this part of the city difficult, and year after year has gone further, being able to attend today twice and twice recipient of professionals who were three years ago. "
The mayor said that "specifically, schools Andrés García Soler, Juan Gonzalez and San Cristobal have one of these teachers during the school hours, while in the House Jose Robles and Professor Child booster attends half day each one, since it comes a high number of students in the field of action of the Urban Initiative ".
"This project is conceived as complementary actions compensatory education in schools attended by children living in the intervention area of ​​the Urban Initiative, and the three teachers and a support teacher do work in coordination with the management team and teacher-tutors students to overcome educational difficulties that may arise, based on their level of development, "added the councilor.
Lali Ibarra stated that "the objectives of this project are working to promote equal opportunities in education for all children, paying particular attention to those most disadvantaged, prevent truancy and school failure to achieve the objectives of the Elementary Education; enable specific attention, supporting curriculum acquisition and language skills needed for their full inclusion in the education system in cases of curricular gaps and in the case of immigrant students with no knowledge of the Spanish language also pursue facilitate social integration. and education of students and their families, promoting respect for the different cultures. "
The council has stressed the success of this program, "which has been highly valued by the management teams of schools and therefore the City has expanded this project contributes to the social integration of children from this area, following the principle and announced by the council that "the ERDF funds are prioritizing social and employment activities in the districts, as the bulk of the cost of remodeling and infrastructure improvements Uptown borne by the Autonomous Community ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca