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The Department of Education of the City of Cartagena, through the Municipal Truancy Program has conducted a study of children of compulsory school age in the municipality (from 6 to 16 years) than in the past academic year 2008 / 09 amounts to a total of 25,189 students.
Of these, in the year 2008/2009 have been counted a total of 789 absentee in the county (3.13% of the population of compulsory school age), in particular, a 8.95% less than the previous year spread over a total of 55 centers and Primary Education, 15 public secondary schools and 14 aided schools.
These data have been given this morning by the Councillor for Education, Josefa Maroto, which explained the characteristics of these students more destacdas absentee.
Are minor between ages 14 and 16 years old, very motivated and belonging to diverse ethnic and social groups and social and family types.
Most have a very poor school attendance record, showing gap and school failure.
A feature common to all families of children absentee is the lack of appreciation of the school and the carelessness of parents to the educational needs and school.
Families usually focus on other higher priority issues for them (housing, food, work activity etc.)
Councillor stressed this during 2009/10 started with 490 cases opened, meaning that continues to decrease truancy in the town, in another 8.9%, we are delighted because we can see our work and that of the educational community is bearing results.
ACTIONS AGAINST TRUANCY
Due to the success of last year, continuing the Occupational Hall, which aims to educate those students, 15 and 16 who wish incorporars the labor market.
This progam will be held with students of the IES Admiral Bastarreche, Politecnica IES, IES department Mediterranean and absenteeism of the Department of Education.
15 students of occupational class last academic year, we can say that 9 of them have expressed their interest in continuing their education by enrolling in different Initial Vocational Training Program (60%), which encourages us to continue this work, reported Councillor.
With the slogan, No you do not leave accounts, the Department started the awareness campaign for school ATTENDANCE with habutal tapped to be held tomorrow Thursday 10 September at 10.00 hours, from from the IES Admiral Bastarreche.
This march is intended to promote the prevention of truancy, with a parade that will travel through the neighborhoods of the South Zone of Cartagena, Los Mateos, Santa Lucia and Lo Campano.
The parade will be boosted by a group of animation and shirts will be distributed to participants and brochures in order to raise awareness among families about the importance and the obligation to attend school to expand opportunities for social and labor of their children.
In addition, the council has printed the calendars are distributed every year, with the aim of having a global vision of the school year and school days and no school in this county.
CAMPAIGN BOOK COLLECTION
Collection Campaign Used Textbooks, undertaken for the 2008/2009 school year from the Municipal Plan Truancy has been closed to the participation in it of a total of: 23 schools, 1 city and 40 partnership individuals, donating a total of 3,870 used textbooks that have gone to the Bank for cataloging books.
The Councillor for Education reported that the total received by the Bank of Books have been given 1442 (37%) at 17 centers that have requested it.
Include the delivery of an important set of books to the NGO "Friends of John XXIII for Children" for your project: Educational support and social Saharawi refugee camps.
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The books can be placed in schools, in the Bank or ignored during the entire month of September and schools can make their demands in October, asked the Bank of Books, which is located on the ground floor Equipment Center and Educational Resources in San Javier Rivera, No. 13, and have the phone 968 50 27 07, email her bancolibros@ayto-cartagena.es
The schedule of the banks to carry books orecogerlos is from 9:00 to 14:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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