The Governing Board of the City of Cartagena has approved this morning, a dozen educational programs for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year.
These educational programs include innovative initiatives to sensitize school children on values ​​such as respect for the environment, attention to diversity and animal care.
The Councillor for Education, David Martinez, stressed that since the Department has enhanced new programs such as the Garden to Mina to be held in the Garden Pio and is in collaboration with the City of La Union.
This activity aims to schoolchildren aware of the historical and natural heritage of the Union and the District of Cartagena, knowing the workings of an old waterwheel or a raft of irrigation and familiarizing with natural native species such as Sabina Mora.
Along the same line it is new program includes the Meet the natural entrono of Galifa, where school, in addition to discovering the natural landscapes of Galifa, the Sierra de la Muela or the beach of El Portús, learn the traditions of the area.
In addition to these environmental activities schoolchildren will visit the reception center pets CATAD and various campaigns to be developed in schools, according to the mayor, will serve to teach students how to care for animals and responsibility It involves taking charge of a pet, to prevent dropouts.
In the cultural field the Councillor for Education has said that from the Department comoVivir initiatives have boosted the theater with more activities in Circus Apollo theater in El Algar, according to Martinez, is a jewel of our town that school should know.
Within awareness programs, personal development and diversity highlights the program to make visible the diversity and as part of it, people with disabilities, according to the mayor, promote education based on respect, tolerance and solidarity .
For the development of this program has been supported by the Municipal Disability Plan approved earlier this year.
Similarly, the Department of Education will continue to promote in schools classic driver education programs, consumer education, school for parents or intercultural.Además education from the Department of Education continue to cooperate with different associations Social Care area are as Welcomes Murcia, La Botica del Libro, Intered, Columbares, Cepaim Foundation, ACCEM or Rascasa.
Finally they approved the calls for subsidies for the implementation of educational projects in sotenidos centers with public funds primary infatil education (10 thousand euros) and for conducting competitions and premiospor of institutes, vocational training centers special Education and adult centers (9,000 euros).
School Lunch
Finally, the council has made an assessment on school meals in the summer season and has said that it has conducted an ongoing evaluation of service throughout the summer in which they have been resolved details that were capable of being improved and , according to Martinez, a final assessment will be made upon completion of summer school next August 31.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena