About 5.000 syudents are enrolled in 2º cycle Infantile and Primary, and more than 4.000 in ESO, Bachelor and thecnical schools
The City Council has carried out maintenance works in all schools in the city
More than 9,000 students 2nd cycle, Primary Education, ESO, Bachiller and training cycles begin tomorrow, September 8, the school year 2016/2017 in 14 schools supported with public funds and five Secondary Schools (IES ) of Benidorm. According to data from the Department of Education in the schools in the city they have enrolled a total of 1,461 students 2nd cycle of Primary Education. Of these, 483 have done so in Children 3 years, remaining as of today 51 vacancies in this educational stage. As regards primary education, enrollment totaled 3,522; while completed the 18 places authorized by Ministry for experimental classroom 2 years of college Puig Campana. This year, following the changes introduced by the Ministry of Education in the school calendar, students of ESO, Bachiller and training cycles back to the classroom coinciding with the start of the course in infant and primary schools. At present, according to provisional data from the five IES enrollment of Benidorm, the number of students is around 4,000 students, although this figure will vary in the coming days as it continues to open enrollment period. These students join the 246 who will attend ESO in the center concerted Our Lady of Sorrows. During the summer and ahead of the start of the course, the City Council has performed maintenance on all public schools in the city with the aim of classrooms and school facilities are in optimum condition to receive students. In total, plus blinds repairs and masonry, plumbing and electrical work carried out by the technical services at the request of the schools, the City has invested 141,094.28 euros in the painting of all centers and concrete action in the Aitana schools, Mestre Gaspar Lopez, Bautista Lledó, Els Tolls, El Murtal, Serra Gelada, Miguel Hernandez and Leonor Canalejas. In the latter still works to adapt as a temporary dining the Hall, after the end of last week, attending the petitioned by Ministry and following technical recommendations, it has carried out the closing of the housing blocks of teachers, in whose low kitchen and dining room were.
School transportation
The delay of the Department at the time of convening the transport aid for the course 2016/2017 has led to "less than 24 hours of classes started, how many students desconozcamos ESO Salto del Agua will receive these grants and what students will be excluded, "he stated the mayor and delegate of Education, Toni Perez. In fact, the deadline to apply for these grants was opened in late July and closed on Monday. Perez recalled that "after the change of the transport system operated by the Ministry unilaterally last year," the department headed by Vicent Marzá "promised to review it." However, "at this stage Ministry has not changed the system, so we understand that the regional administration only assume the transportation of students who live more than 3 kilometers in a straight line complex Salto del Agua", leaving the rest without transport aid. The Mayor has advanced that, in this situation and to avoid mishaps students and their families, the City Council has scheduled an extraordinary way and with the concessionaire of urban transport, Llorente Bus, "the necessary means to ensure the transport of all students during the first days of class to go after the time limits, accommodating and hosting services in the bonus system by the City Council to all students finally transport is excluded competent Ministry -Administration in this materials, such as we have been doing since September 2015. "
