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The Local Government Board of the Benidorm City Council has approved a new edition of the Municipal Cooperation Credits for Educational Centers, direct aid amounting to 155,000 euros that will be used to finance educational, social, maintenance, and improvement actions in publicly funded centers in the city. The Councilor for Education, Maite Moreno, has emphasized that with these aids, which have the 100% Benidorm stamp, year after year, we contribute to reducing the expenses that may arise in these actions for the twenty local educational centers that provide the second cycle of Early Childhood Education, Primary, Secondary, and Adult Education. She also mentioned that the amounts are expected to be paid in the coming days.
Specifically, the Municipal Cooperation Credits will reach the 13 public schools, the private school, the five high schools, and the Adult Education Center, which «together have an enrollment of nearly 11,000 students,» Moreno pointed out.
Among the actions financed through these credits are «the educational and cultural activities carried out by each center such as collective pedagogical outings, extracurricular training activities, and school exchanges; as well as projects aimed at addressing the socio-economic needs of families in the school environment, such as individual meal assistance or school trips.»
Additionally, «maintenance expenses for facilities and the transfer of students to the Traffic Park where the Local Police teach the youngest ones the basic rules of circulation, signaling, or different types of vehicles» are included.
The Education official explained that «the distribution of these funds is done fairly based on criteria such as the student population of each center and the socio-cultural work they carry out for the benefit of the community.» She also emphasized that «each center decides how to allocate the assigned resources to activities, projects, or improvements.»
Moreno reiterated that «with these Cooperation Credits, the City Council supports local education, centers, and, by extension, families,» as with these funds, unparalleled in any other municipality, «we contribute to developing activities that complement the student’s school curricula, improve the facilities and infrastructure of the centers, and also help families in need.»
Finally, the councilor noted that, in addition to this investment of 155,000 euros in Cooperation Credits, the City Council also carries out various investments each academic year to maintain and improve educational facilities and infrastructure.
