Benidorm allocates 23,000 euros for training actions organized by the AMPAs

Benidorm City Council is going to collaborate with the Regional Federation of Associations of Mothers and Fathers of Students of Benidorm and the Region in the organization of training actions aimed at parents of children and adolescents who study in our town. To this end, the Local Government Board has given the green light this Monday to the approval of an expense of 23,000 euros and the signing of a cooperation agreement with this entity, which will regulate the development of workshops and talks aimed at improving parenting skills. and mothers to help their children in their academic performance and other facets of their education.

The Councilor for Education, Maite Moreno, explained that this agreement “is part of the actions carried out by the Consistory throughout the entire course, but especially at the beginning of each academic year, to collaborate with families and with the different educational entities in the constant improvement” of the services provided to society. In this sense, the councilor has defended that the associations of mothers and fathers "take on such important tasks as supporting families in everything that concerns the education of their children, as well as opening up participation to fathers and mothers in the management of educational centers”. For this reason, Moreno described as “very necessary” the role of the AMPAs and “any support that is provided to them from the institutions so that they can continue carrying out this work, thus assuming the social challenge that the education of the little ones poses in today's society."

Finally, the person responsible for Education detailed that, to make use of this subsidy, the agreement establishes that the Regional Federation of AMPAs may organize as many training actions as it considers, with the participation of independent people and experts in different areas, provided that they will take place in the city of Benidorm and are aimed at parents of local students throughout 2023. For its part, the City Council will provide them with the municipal facilities that are required for the development of these activities and will contribute to its dissemination and organization, to cover the largest number of participants possible.