The Government Delegate, Sabrina Moh, accompanied by the Provincial Director of Education, Elena Fernández Treviño, has attended the central event on the occasion of the World Campaign for Education, which this year is held under the slogan ‘Defend Education. Turn off the emergency.’
The highest representative of the Government of Spain in our city has positively valued the implementation of this activity that every year takes place in Melilla, and cities of more than a hundred countries, with the objective of making visible the crucial role of education, while reiterating the support of the Government of Spain to public, inclusive and quality education.
“We always say that education is the tool that ultimately helps us change the world, and hopefully change it for the better. Therefore, activities of this kind are necessary and very useful in a city like ours,” he said.
The head of the Government Delegation has highlighted the transversal approach of the event, reflected in the participation of numerous entities and associations that, from different perspectives, contribute to enriching the look on education. “It is essential to start raising awareness from an early age,” he added.
In this regard, he thanked the entire organization for initiating this type of activities in which “our children enjoy learning and becoming aware”. “In the end these experiences are the ones that fit, the ones that they take away, and from there you can build many things,” he said.
Education in emergency contexts
For her part, the Provincial Director of Education, Elena Fernández Treviño, has made a very positive assessment of this edition of the World Campaign for Education, which this year focuses on learning in emergency contexts. In that context, he recalled the example of the support of the Government of Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Government of Spain supported Melilla with 7 million euros during the COVID crisis to alleviate its effects, not only with socio-sanitary material, but also with computer equipment and a reinforcement of the teaching quota that has come to stay,” he explained.
Fernández Treviño has detailed that this reinforcement has meant the incorporation of 300 more teachers in Melilla, in addition to a wide technological endowment that has reached all the educational centers of the city.
The Provincial Director thanked all the participating entities and stressed the importance that “education always works in favor of such important causes”. “In the end we are saying that not only institutions, but also entities join in working for and for the education of our children. These entities are also having a presence in the educational centers with different initiatives throughout the school year,” he said.
Finally, he pointed out that this day “brings us all together” and that it represents a direct involvement of the citizens: “So far, many boys and girls have traveled to participate in the activities, and also their families, in a horizontal, open and very constructive activity.”
In this edition, entities such as Accem, Aspanies Full Inclusion, Autism Melilla, Faculty of Education and Sports Sciences of the UGR, Guelaya-Ecologistas en Acción, Melilla Welcomes, Doctors of the World, Movement for Peace (MPDL), Nana, Save the Children, Oxygen Cultural Laboratory and ATA-STEs have participated.