The Ministry of Education of Cantabria is prepared to immediately enroll Ukrainian children who arrive in the region as a result of the war with Russia.
At the moment, two have already been enrolled in school, Phone Number List who have come to Cantabria with their families on their own initiative, but it is expected that there will be more refugee minors who arrive in the community.
A schooling procedure that will be "faster" than the one that occurs due to a change of autonomous community, which "will last 15 days and here a week ," but in this case it will be resolved "immediately."
This is what the Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Marina Lombó, said today, in statements to the press, after holding a meeting with the three directors of the intercultural revitalization classrooms to address and coordinate the reception of Ukrainian children displaced from their country. for the Russian invasion.
"Education is prepared for this reception," stated Lombó, who explained that, with the intercultural revitalization classrooms - which were already implemented in Cantabria - the reception plan for minors has been addressed, "from the arrival of a child , where it goes, how it is derived and schooled.
As he explained, they can go directly to their reference center and contact the revitalization classroom, "which is a very important part of supporting schooling, not only for the student and the family, but also for the teachers," he said. indicated the head of Education.
In this sense, he has framed the need for coordination and a roadmap to prepare the instructions that will be sent to all educational centers "in the next few hours."
In this regard, he indicated that during the meeting the need to hold a meeting with the intercultural coordinators of all the centers, both public and subsidized, was also assessed "so that we are all working in a coordinated manner."
"We intend to provide a response to every child who arrives immediately, and that we also do so in a quick and coordinated manner," summarized the counselor, who explained that in this matter - of which the Educational Inspection and Schooling Service – has been working last week “to be able to have this response, which at the moment has been small, with two children, but we hope there may be more.”
After yesterday's meeting of the national reception plan, Cantabria does not know the forecast for the number of families that may arrive in the community. «At the moment we are attending to those children who come with families on their own initiative; There is still no number assigned to Cantabria ," Lombó recalled.
In relation to the difficulties that Ukrainian children may encounter due to the language, Lombó explained that the revitalization classrooms make a first assessment, and that the Ministry has contacted the Government Delegation to be able to have language assistants. origin by zones, if necessary.
In the case of the first two children who arrived in the region, it was not, one because he was bilingual and the other was not required by the center.
Furthermore, as a second reinforcing figure, the mediator is considered, Lombó concluded.