During this school year will start the regional plan for prevention, monitoring and control of absenteeism and early school leaving
The Minister of Education, Training and Employment, Constantine Sotoca, announced today that "about 700 professionals will gather at the first National Conference on Best Practices in Education, Diversity and Employment ',' Diverse 2009 ', to be held in the Auditorium Convention Centre from tomorrow, Thursday through Saturday, and whose goal is to meet and exchange innovative experiences which address the diversity in the classroom, "he said.
Sotoca explained that "the Region of Murcia is a pioneer community in the implementation of care programs that claim to support diversity of all students who require special education support, and through which students could respond to 27,500 during the past school year. "
The Minister referred to the Open classrooms, the ABC program for students with hearing impairment, extracurricular enrichment workshops, tutorial action plans, absenteeism and desertion, or those that promote school life, and according Sotoca "represent examples concrete that are helping to achieve a school for everyone. "
The Education Minister said the "comprehensive" program of the first Congress Diversa 2009, that highlight the school as inclusive, equal opportunity, or education aimed at promoting autonomy and independence of students with support needs.
In this regard, he stressed the participation of "recognized experts and speakers on attention to diversity," as Miguel Angel Verdugo, who will deliver a lecture on Thursday morning on "Good practices for improving quality of life and self-determination of students with specific educational support needs. "
Sotoca acknowledged that since the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment has placed great expectations on this meeting, because "it is a good opportunity to disseminate and share experiences that go directly on the quality of education."
"One lesson," he recalled in his programming is most significant feature, attention to diversity. "
New for this course
In this regard, the Ministry has plans to introduce during the school year a few new programs for diversity, including the creation of nine more open classrooms, which will join the 53 already there, the extension of the ABC project for students hearing impaired, which reach 4 º ESO and a new middle school and Primary Education, or the implementation of the Regional Plan for Prevention, monitoring and control of absenteeism and early school leaving.
Source: CARM