Students from all Spanish educational centers will receive, starting from the next academic year, compulsory courses on prevention and protection against natural disasterswhich will be taught by technicians from Civil protection and emergency services.
Among the measurements of the second royal decree of economic and social aid of DANAapproved this Monday by the Council of Ministers, there is a Training plan for students and to the educational community so that it knows how to deal with phenomena such as the eruption of a volcano or floods.
It will be a program “mandatory for all educational centers in the country“and this will involve training in several sessions for all non-university education students, specifies the Ministry of Education in a press release. “The content on prevention and protection against natural disasters will be adapted to the level and to the age of the student and will be taught by technicians from Civil Protection and Emergency Services”, explains the ministry, which emphasizes that the programs will be developed with the autonomous communities.
This training plan includes Specific conferences, workshops for teachers and families as well as exercises in schools. The content may be adapted or reinforced according to the most probable or frequent phenomena in the different regions of the country. The goal is to provide training so that the educational community is prepared to respond to an adverse weather event and reduce its risks and impact.
FP practices and other lessons are postponed
On the other hand, students concerned with dance who follow professional training and other artistic education They will be exempt from their internships the first year and they will be able to do them the second. “The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the autonomous communities of the municipalities concerned, will guarantee that all students can follow and obtain their diploma,” says the royal decree, which specifies that the government is working on an agreement with companies in all Spain to guarantee obligatory practices.
Second year students will be allowed to postpone the internships they are due to complete in the first term of the following year, from the course 2025-2026. As part of this plan aimed at making FP practices more flexible, the Government has approved the recognition of volunteer hours linked to their studies and it will be NGOs or collaborating entities which will do so. they must accredit them.
Concerning the professional training of workers, the deadlines for carrying out training actions will be extended, allowing them to be carried out in other approved centers which offer similar training. Concerning higher artistic education students, they will be authorized to carry out external internships integrated into the end-of-studies project or with a compulsory practical specialty subject.