• The Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports presents these awards to schools with notable projects focused on the promotion of coeducation and the fight against gender violence

The Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports has recognized the CEIP Arturo Duo de Castro Urdiales with an honorable mention in the ‘Equality Classrooms Awards: Irene Awards 2023’, aimed at non-university education centres with projects aimed at promoting co-education and combating gender violence.

The Castreño school participated in the Infant and Primary modality, in which the Santísimo Cristo de la Mercy centers, in Miguelturra (Ciudad Real), San Gabriel, in Aldeahermosa (Jaén), and Practices No. 1, in Malaga, were awarded prizes of 5,000, 3,000 and 2,000 euros respectively. The recognized initiatives will be compiled in a Ministry publication and disseminated as examples of good practice.

The aim of the Irene Awards, created in 2006, is to promote the prevention of violence against women in the education system. In 2022, these awards were incorporated into the Classroom Awards for Equality initiative, along with the Awards ‘STEAM Alliance for Female Talent, Girls in Science’, aimed at promoting technological and scientific vocations in girls and young people.