The president of the Junta de Andalucía has called for “reflection” on the drop in the birth rate at the inauguration of the school year with the fewest students in the history of recent years. Because the 2024/2025 academic year, which began this Tuesday, This has happened with 107,000 fewer students in schools across Andalusia and 25,000 fewer than last year.In Seville, almost 4,000 fewer people have joined the second cycle of nursery and primary schools that are now opening their doors.
That is why Juanma Moreno not only asked for reflection, but warned that this historical trend of declining birth rates “is not going to stop.” The school chosen was the Ceip Juan Ramón Jiménez in Seville, a preschool and primary school that has 139 children and 17 teachers and has been dedicated to integration since more than 50 percent of its resources are dedicated to diversity.
This is a centre that he gave as an example of the commitment that, as he said, the Government of Andalusia has for the work of “constant improvement” to respond to the “progressive reduction” of ratios and to provide the largest family aid program, with 886 million to subsidize complementary services, school transportation, scholarships or places in nursery schools where 50,000 families will benefit from complete free education and another 50,000 from some form of aid, according to data collected by the Council in a note.
In this sense, Moreno promised to strengthen programs and resources and announced that starting next November, 91,000 new devices would begin to be distributed to “advance” in digitalization in schools.
In addition, the president believes that in order to continue to progress in the educational system, it is necessary to address diversity “ever better”, which is why they were created this year. more than a hundred special education classes. At this point, he highlighted that Juan Ramón Jiménez has two special education units for autism and clarified that these classrooms have increased by almost a thousand in Andalusia since 2018, which “brings us closer to an integrative education model and a system that guarantees a right that families demand and improves the sociability and life of students with special needs.
The store before the end of the year
The mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, recalled that education is a priority for the City of Seville and reviewed the improvement actions undertaken in the schools: painting of the centers and other works in progress and committed to ensuring that the awning he promised Juan Ramón Jiménez is installed before the end of the course.
As for the director of the center, Rafael Aranda, who is retiring this week, he stressed the school’s commitment to giving visibility to children with special needs and demanded the figure of primary school teacher emeritus, as exists among university students. “We will find the formula,” Moreno replied in response to the professor’s request.
Moreno toured the center’s facilities along with the mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, the Minister of Educational Development, Carmen Castillo, and the school’s director, Rafael Aranda. They first visited a class of children with autism spectrum disorders, a kindergarten class where they sat at a table and He spoke with the little ones and a primary school class, where a pupil was playing a piece by Mozart on the piano.. Then he entered the dining room since the center is one of the few that has its own dining area. This Tuesday, they were preparing a menu based on macaroni salad, omelette and apple.
