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Our desire is to eradicate truancy.
With those words, the Councillor for Education, Josefa Maroto, reported this morning that the campaign being carried from the Department to mitigate absenteeism is giving excellent results.
So far this year, the truancy rate has fallen by 0.7%.
What we want is for children to resume studies for the formation and find a good job, stressed Maroto.
In addition, the municipality has been divided into several work units, with each educator who is responsible for tracking each of the open cases and facilitate the involvement of these students when they reach compulsory secondary education (ESO ).
Intervention to eliminate truancy coordination entails, first, with schools and then between the various municipal services working for the welfare of society as are the Councils of Social Service and Public Safety, the latter Section through the Judicial Police and Social Protection, there almost daily contact in establishing action strategies.
When the proceedings are not getting the desired results, records are forwarded to the Office of Cartagena, where relevant actions performed to achieve the incorporation of students to their schools.
This is the last step in a process of intervention with families of children truants and shows the involvement of all levels of government in the prevention and intervention in truancy.
In addition, the City of Cartagena is part of the Regional Bureau of absenteeism and drop in the Region of Murcia.
In this area, a short-term goal is the creation of the Local Commission for truancy, which will be represented municipal entities involved in this issue to resolve conflicting cases.
Among the actions taken to prevent truancy performed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment for the development of an Occupational Classroom.
The move by the Occupational Classroom provides access to students to continue in the education system and avoid truancy.
Of the 14 students in the Occupational Course classroom last 7 have requested further training through Initial Vocational Training Program.
In the past year the census population 2.011/12 in the range of compulsory school age was 26,576.
The total number of children was 601 absentee detected (2.26% of the population of compulsory school age).
In relation to the previous year, school absenteeism was reduced by 0.7% in the municipality.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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