The new schooling process that so many debates have entailed has obtained its results. The most prominent, the Colegio San Francisco has only had two requests for schooling, leaving 16 places vacant.
The reasons why this situation has arisen can be varied. On the one hand, there is the decrease in the birth rate, since since the 2008 crisis the work situation of many families is unstable, which causes a greater approach when having children. The constant drop in demand for schools in the northern area of Logroño in recent years also influences, in contrast to the southern and eastern areas, which are seeing increased requests for places in their schools.
To this is added another dilemma that the Minister of Education, Pedro Uruñuela, confirmed in an interview with NueveCuatroUno: «In Logroño there are ‘ghetto’ schools«. “We want all students to be accepted equally to maintain that equity,” he assessed at the beginning of the year.
To solve this situation, the Ministry proposes new measures to support and relaunch this area of Logroño, which is suffering a decline in school demand. In an interview with Cadena SER, Uruñuela advanced that among the options on the table is the conversion of the center to accommodate adult education. His approach is “not to close, but to reconvert and that Infant and Primary teachings coexist with other teachings.” In addition, he explained that his objective is “to better raise adult education, taking advantage of the funds that come from Europe and the Central Government itself to promote Vocational Training.”
This measure, which in the next academic year will intersperse compulsory education in the morning with vocational training in the afternoon, has been proposed “with a view to relaunching the center and supplying an attractive offer both for the inhabitants of that area and for others, for For example, EPA Plus Ultra ”, which would move some of its classes to San Francisco next year, although Education expects that the offer of this type of training will increase in the coming years.
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