87 percent of schools in Asturias participated in this school year in the Master Plan for Coexistence and Improvement of Security

The Director of the Area of the High Inspection of Education of the Government Delegation in Asturias, José Antonio Fernández Espina, has chaired the meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Master Plan for Coexistence and Improvement of Security in Educational Centers and their Environments. Representatives of the Ministry of Education of the Government of the Principality, the National Police and the Civil Guard have attended.

This plan of the Ministries of Interior and Education was created by the central government in 2007 and is coordinated by the Government Delegations. This initiative aims to improve the coexistence and safety of schoolchildren and also to increase confidence in the State Security Forces and Corps. The Master Plan is embodied in lectures given by the Civil Guard and the National Police in schools, meetings with security experts and the improvement of surveillance in the school environment. Schools that wish to do so are free to sign up to the plan.

In the recently completed school year 322 educational centers from 53 councils participated in the Master Plan, they are 87 percent of the total number of centers in Asturias, thirteen points more than in the past year. In total, the plan has reached 55,000 students of non-university education. The most demanded activities were those related to internet risks.

The follow-up meeting analyzed the results of the survey carried out to the educational centers on the Master Plan and revealed a high satisfaction of the participants, highlighting above all the contents of the sessions, the way of transmitting the topics treated and the interest aroused among the students. The degree of satisfaction among the centers has been very high and most have shown their intention to reapply for their participation in the plan next year.

The meeting was attended by, in addition to the Director of the High Inspection of Education Area of the Government Delegation in Asturias, the Director General of Educational Inclusion and Ordination of the Government of the Principality, David Artime; the Delegate of Citizen Participation of the National Police in Gijón, Inspector Luis Claudio Alperi; the Delegate of Citizen Participation of the National Police of Oviedo, Inspector Iris Rodríguez; Lieutenant Dan García, responsible for Education and Training of the Area / Commanding of Asturias; and Pablo Alto.