- The CEIP 'Virginia Pérez' of El Algar, Joaquín Carrión Valverde of San Javier and Florentino Bayona of Mula have been recognized with the gold STARS distinction for their commitment in promoting changes in the travel patterns of young people and children in their daily school trips.
- The Region of Murcia tops the list of Autonomous Communities with more STARS institutions attached, with 103 centers for the academic year 2024-2025
March 21, 2025. The delegate of the Government, Mariola Guevara, and the Provincial Head of Traffic, Virginia Jerez, delivered this morning the STARS accreditations of the DGT to twenty-one schools in the Region of Murcia for promoting safe and sustainable mobility in the movements of students to school.
The CEIP "Virginia Pérez" of El Algar, Joaquín Carrión Valverde of San Javier and Florentino Bayona of Mula have been awarded in the academic year 2023-2024 with the gold STARS distinction in recognition of their outstanding involvement in promoting changes in the travel patterns of young people and children in their daily school trips.
In total, 62 schools in the Region of Murcia have been part of this project, of which 52 are of Primary and ten of Secondary and IES. The purpose of this initiative is to reduce the dependence of the private motorized vehicle on school trips, promote values that support road safety, increase the autonomy of students, promote healthy habits and establish a network of knowledge exchange between the various actors involved, such as local entities, educational centers and other interested parties.
“With this program we intend to reduce vehicle concentrations in school environments to achieve friendlier cities, which also influences the improvement of road safety and the reduction of pollution,” explained the delegate of the Government, who thanked the participation of the centers in an initiative, which, he said, “is a very useful tool that we offer to teachers when inculcating and providing training in safety and road education to their students.”
The delivery of STARS accreditations is part of a series of activities focused on students and municipalities developed throughout the year. This includes open days, cyclist training courses for teachers, workshops on prevention of consumption and driving, escape rooms, transfers from the mobile traffic park, transfers of models for road training, delivery of promotional gifts to coordinators and participating students, among others.
Call for courses 2024-2025
The new call 2024-2025 provisionally has a total of 103 Star Centers, so the Region of Murcia tops the list of Autonomous Communities with more institutions attached to this program.
The municipalities that have Stars centers are: Alcantarilla, Alhama de Murcia, Calasparra, Cartagena, Cieza, Fuente Alamo, Jumilla, Lorca, Mula, San Javier, Santomera, Torre Pacheco and Totana.
Award-winning educational centers course 2023-2024
GOLD:
CEIP “Virginia Pérez” from El Algar.
CEIP “Joaquín Carrión Valverde” by San Javier.
CEIP “Florentino Bayona” by Mula.
SILVER:
CEIP “Prince Philip” of Jumilla.
CEIP “Pasico Campillo” from Lorca.
CEIP “Ntra. Mrs. Del Rosario” by Torre Pacheco.
BRONZE
CEIP “Ricardo Campillo” from Santomera.
CEIP “La Concepción” of Cartagena.
CEIP “Virgin of the Wonders” of Cehegín.
CEIP “Virgen del Carmen” of Cartagena
CEIP “San José” de Lorca
CEIP “Las Tejeras” of Alcantarilla.
CEIP “Ana Mª Matute” from Era Alta.
CEIP “Ntra. Mrs. of the Angels” by Sangonera la Verde.
CEIP “José Robles” from Lorca.
CEIP “Ntra. Mrs. From the Assumption” by Villanueva.
CEIP “Antonio Buitrago Gómez” from Cieza.
CEIP “Alfonso X El Sabio” by Lorca.
IES “Prince of Asturias” of Lorca.
IES “Europa” of Águilas.
IES “Ginés Pérez Chirinos” of Caravaca de la Cruz.
The event, held today in the Government Delegation, was also attended by Maria del Carmen Balsas Ramón, General Director of Human Resources, Educational Planning and Innovation of the Ministry of Education of the Autonomous Community.