The deputy delegate of the Government in A Coruña, María Rivas, presided over the meeting of the provincial commission of A Coruña of the Master Plan for Coexistence and Improvement of Security in Educational Centers and their Contours, with the assistance of the representation of the High Inspection of Education of the Government Delegation in Galicia, representatives of the Civil Guard, the National Police, and the Unit against Violence on Women.
The Master Plan for Coexistence and Improvement of Security in Educational Centers and Their Contours is a program of the Ministry of Interior of the Government of Spain that aims at coordination between the educational community and the Security Forces and Bodies to prevent and detect situations of risk among new people, as well as sensitize students and contribute to their training in respect for fundamental rights and the values of equality and human dignity.
According to the subdelegate, “educational centers are the ideal place for children and adolescents to receive a complementary training to the academic one that favors behaviors that promote coexistence as well as to acquire habits of personal and citizen security.”
This Plan consists of training and information activities carried out by the Civil Guard and the National Police for the entire school community, as well as other surveillance actions. Among the topics of the activities are talks on cybersecurity, harassment, violence against women, road safety, problems of drug addiction, alcohol, video games or gambling or hate crimes, among other topics.
The meeting analyzed the data of participation and the activities carried out in the educational centers of the province of A Coruña in the last year. As evidenced, the province hosted 40% of the activities carried out throughout Galicia in the year 2024, with 2,016 of a total of 5,027. These proposals were attended by 35,744 people from the educational community (students, teachers and families) of a total of 144,761 participants in Galicia. The participating centers in the province of A Coruña were 331, of the 953 that did so at the autonomous level.
“These data show two things. On the one hand, the good reception that the Master Plan is having in the educational centers, with a very high degree of satisfaction in all the activities carried out and, on the other, the important involvement and effort of the National Police and the Civil Guard to cover all the demand,” stressed Rivas, who added that “the protection of minors, their right to physical and moral integrity and their development in a safe environment, are priority duties for the public authorities.”
In the province of A Coruña, the topics most requested by the educational centers were those related to the presence of minors in the digital environment; thus, 650 activities were developed on cybersecurity and ICT and 515 on bullying and cyberbullying in schools. There were also 234 activities on addictions to drugs, alcohol, attributions and video games, and 208 related to violence against women. “The Master Plan addresses the current concerns of families and teachers, incorporating relevant topics and connected with the reality of students,” said Rivas.
Precisely, one of the virtues of the Master Plan is the constant process of improvement in the approach to families so that they are more involved in the activities of the same. The Government Subdelegation carried out several initiatives along these lines, such as a videoconference with about 100 ANPAS in the province. In addition, various activities were carried out with the ANPAS in various educational centres, since the activities of the Master Plan can be requested both by the centres and by the ANPAS.
“We continue to make progress in improving this training, aware of its relevance to youth, and recognizing the fundamental role that families play in this process,” concluded the Government’s deputy delegate.