The Delegate of the Government, Sabrina Moh, has highlighted the 18 million euros that the Executive of Pedro Sánchez has invested in the Professional Training (FP) of Melilla, while highlighting its key role in the generation of employment.
The highest representative of the Government of Spain, together with the Provincial Director of Education, Elena Fernández Treviño, inaugurated this Thursday the Professional Training course at the CIFP ‘Reina Victoria Eugenia’, accompanied by its director, Pedro Cortés, an occasion that has taken the opportunity to highlight “the importance that FP has for this Government and, especially, in a territory such as ours”.
Moh has reported on the refurbishment work being carried out at the center, with an investment of 741,000 euros, aimed at improving facilities and accessibility. This figure is in addition to the 18 million euros invested in Professional Training in Melilla since the arrival of Pedro Sánchez to La Moncloa, a bet that has allowed both the improvement of infrastructures and the expansion of the number of training cycles.
In this regard, the head of the Government Delegation wanted to make it clear that one of the great objectives has been to adapt the educational offer to the real needs of the city, after a process of active listening to social agents and employers. “The objective was to stop importing workers and train young people who can enter the world of work here in Melilla. This does create jobs in the city,” he said.
In fact, he recalled that, as a result of this effort, Melilla has seen unemployment fall in recent years, from 10,328 unemployed people to some 7,500 today. This decrease is not exclusively due to the Employment Plans, he has pointed out, but also to the adaptation of the training offer to the economic and social reality of the city.
35% more students enrolled in VET
Regarding the expansion of the training offer, Sabrina Moh recalled that more than 30 new VET cycles have been launched in recent years, and that this course has been added three more: one in the kitchen, another in the professional electricity family, both in Queen Victoria Eugenia herself and a third in the Juan Antonio Fernández. She has also stressed the importance of Basic VET, as a tool to redirect itineraries of children under 16 years of age and combat early school leaving.
The increase in cycles has been accompanied by an increase in students: more than 1,200 additional students, which means 35% more students enrolled in FP than at the beginning of the legislature, which means that right now the student body is in about 3,000 people. This growth reflects “the good acceptance that vocational training is having in the city” and the need to continue working in this line.
The delegate also focused on the development of Dual Vocational Training, which already has the participation of about 300 local companies. He stressed the importance of this collaboration with the business sector, which is fundamental to orienting education to the needs of the labor market.
Another aspect to which he referred was the renewal of the agreement with INGESA so that students can practice in health centers, as well as the signing of a new agreement with IMSERSO, which will allow the expansion of training opportunities in this field. “A significant amount of measures and resources put Melilla’s professional training at the forefront,” added Moh.
Not only that, he explained that this commitment to VET is also linked to the Employment Plans, since part of the places that are called each year are reserved for occupations related to the local training offer. “In this way, young people are given a first job opportunity and the possibility of acquiring experience to later enter the job market,” he said.
Moh, who thanked the Ministry of Education, the Provincial Directorate and all the educational centers of Melilla for their commitment and effort, has had words of praise for the team of the CIFP Reina Victoria Eugenia “for its constant collaboration in improving the educational service and the quality of Vocational Training in the city”.
“We want the young people of Melilla to be able to find in the Vocational Training a professional outlet, an engine of employment and a site of future for the city”, he concluded.