The Governing Board of the City of Murcia has approved the expenditure of 110,250 euros for the implementation of the collaboration agreement with 27 institutes of the municipality thanks to which about 25,000 students may perform extracurricular activities throughout this course.
This was confirmed by the Councilor for Youth and Development Cooperation, Rebeca Perez, during the subsequent press conference, which highlighted that "our young people receive quality education in the Murcian institutes, thanks to the commitment of their teachers not only with their academic training, but also integral, that is why these activities are focused as a complement that promotes social and civic values, the approach to the associations of their closest environment and as a way to channel the creative expression of young people " .
It should be noted that the total of municipal funds for grants is 110,000 euros, 10% more than in the previous call, and each center can present the chosen projects, prioritizing the activities most demanded by the students themselves, with contents on integration and tolerance, gender equality, school violence, environmental and health education and the proper use of social networks.
Inter-center activities will also be financed, that is, those that are carried out in collaboration with another or several centers on the aforementioned topics, or of a novel and experimental nature;
as well as those that are carried out jointly with entities or associations of the area of ​​the institute.
Among the educational and / or informative activities that have been programmed, those of integration and tolerance, gender equality, school violence, environmental education, health education and appropriate use of social networks stand out.
To this is added a complete offer of workshops and training courses in the following disciplines of performing arts, visual arts, plastic arts, chess, comics, music, literature, crafts, design and new technologies.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia