In November of 2017 Dénia adhered to the Pla Edificant of the Generalitat Valenciana, by means of which the consistory was in charge of the writing, awarding, construction and contracting of the most demanded educational infrastructures in the city and the Conselleria took charge of the expenses . In this way, the autonomous government responds to the educational infrastructures in need of improvement, for which there is money, but not material time.
A year and a half after that agreement, Dénia plans to invest a total of 18'5 million euros in the improvement, adaptation and expansion of several centers and in the construction of two others, Raquel Payá and La Xara. From the City Council they estimate that all the projects that have been included in the plan will be finished in the next two years.
Pla Edificant in Dénia
This Friday, the Minister of Education Vicent Marzà, has visited the facilities of the Vessanes school, where he has taken stock of the Pla Edificant in Dénia and the Marina Alta.
In Dénia, improvements have been projected in nine centers of the municipality. The first finished project has been that of the Cervantes school, consisting of changing the windows for a cost of 164.333'15 euros.
At the moment the plenary session of the City Council has approved the delegation of the improvements in the roof of the Llebeig school (265.347'43 euros); the construction of the children's education building at the Pou de la Muntanya school (2.519.513,94 euros); improvements in the cover of the children's area and in the dining room of the Les Vessanes school (416.854,61 euros); the improvement in the structural problems of Historian Chabàs (889.958,24 euros); the new construction of the school of La Xara (3.967.938,00 euros); and the extension of María Ibars (2.764.721,95 euros).
There is still a need for the delegations to approve two projects in full: improvements in the canteen and accessibility in the Pare Pere de Jesús Pobre school (901.059,89 euros) and the construction of a new building for the special education school Raquel Payá (6.516.299,52 euros) .
Classrooms of 2 years
The Minister of Education has also visited the center's free two-year classroom: "For four courses we have expanded the equal opportunities of families with Xarxa Llibres, more dining scholarships and also in the 0-3 years stretch. When we arrived, Many families could not choose to take their sons and daughters to nursery school for economic reasons.Now, a step in this direction has already been taken with the help of Child Bonus and 14.400 free places of 2 years throughout the territory. goal is to continue in this line ".
The head of Education of the Generalitat wanted to highlight that "in the Marina Alta we have 348 free places of two years in 9 municipalities of the region", and has continued: "Without forgetting another key element: the increase of teachers to reverse the cuts of other times. That is why we have managed to incorporate 6.000 teachers and professors more into the educational system, of which more than 100 have been incorporated into the Marina Alta. "
