The director general of the Autonomous Community Centers María José Jiménez Jumilla visited in order to ascertain the situation of schools in the locality.
During his visit was accompanied by Mayor Francisco Abellán, the Councillor for Education Fuensanta Olivares, two People's Party councilors and representatives of the educational community of Jumilla and representatives of the FAMP.
First have held a meeting with heads of schools and colleges to meet their needs, then visited one site and, finally, offered a press conference to explain the shift.
At this hearing, the director general of Department Jumilla is committed to building a new school before 2013.
This new educational center two lines are included in the new Education Pact to be signed soon, "with which within a period not exceeding four years, this center will become a reality," said Jimenez.
The future center would be built on municipal land some 10,000 square meters, next to the new Civil Guard barracks in the area R-1, as reported by the Mayor Francisco Abellán who added that "these new facilities would be moved to classrooms school 'Prince Philip', and the building could give is free to expand classrooms of IES 'Infanta Elena' while we can not have the third Institute who was not resignation, "said the mayor.
This commitment has been evaluated positively by the Councillor for Education Fuensanta Olivares said that "it is an urgent need to have the school population and the educational community, so the visit was positive because it is true that schools must make investments and the director has seen the deficiencies between the two administrations, we must undertake, the autonomous region because it is who has the skills and the council is responsible for maintaining the centers. "
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Visits to schools and colleges
In this day of work, schools have been visited San Francisco, Miguel Hernandez, La Asuncion, Carmen Conde and IES Arzobispo Lozano.
Francisco Abellán has indicated that "the council has made a report quantifying the needs of each school.
Mariano Suárez At school, the requirements amount to the total amount of 112,000 euros, at school, Prince Felipe is the amount worth 90,000 euros, for its part, the school Our Lady of the Assumption has needs amounting to 264,697 euros, Carmen Count the amount of 139,000 euros, the school Miguel Hernandez is a quantification of needs amounting to 135,946 euros and 393,180 school San Francisco euros, "in short, has said the mayor, are very large quantities to accomplish them in one, two or three years. "
Abellán added that "the aim is that the regional meet these needs and, little by little, working from the rationalization, the effort and expense as possible and rushing every year to go some needs."
The mayor added that "the commitment by council to address these deficiencies is clear and the commitment to help, by the regional administration, which has also been revealed."
In conclusion, the highest local authority has indicated that the actual situation of education in the town of Jumilla is 2641 school children in 8 schools, of which "most of them, is causing overcrowding in schools because the child population that is incorporated for the first time since the immigrant population is in our municipality and is required to assist the public educational center. "
In this situation, "since the council has thought it necessary, as we asked in separate agreements fully, the new public education center two lines," the mayor said.
For its part, the director general said that "actually centers need arrangements, but the situation is not alarming."
María José Jiménez says, "I have not seen any issue that makes a work emergency, which does not mean that the needs that arise, both FAMP and the municipality, there are real needs."
Finally, he indicated that the provision of schooling in Jumilla is decreasing, in 2007 there were 11 units of 3 years, in 2008 there were 10 units and the provision of 2009 is 9 units.
Both the director general, as the mayor congratulated for carrying out visits to schools and meeting with directors and representatives of the FAMP to know 'in situ' reality on Education in Jumilla.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla