Union, September 10, 2010.
The Ministry of Education has awarded a national award IES "Sierra Minera" La Union for the actions he has been directing his pupils with special educational needs, which has become the only secondary school in Spain despite not winning be specifically special education.
The news was made official on Monday, after the Gazette published the resolution of November 23, 2010 the same Ministry, for which prizes are awarded at the state to schools that perform actions aimed at students featuring special educational needs, although they had been warned from Madrid a week earlier.
For the director of IES "Sierra Minera", Felix Sanchez, the prize, second prize is endowed with an accreditation and an allowance is "extremely pleased, because it values the daily work of school professionals and showcases internal operating processes, areas not well understood because they are the most publicized. "
These awards recognize the quality of the work of non-university schools supported with public funds that manage to provide quality education for all by applying actions to the attention of students with special educational needs, which fills the Sanchez of pride, because " we are not a specific special education center. "
The center presented its candidacy to a report on the actions that these students face, which integrates with other classes, and later received the visit of the Central Inspection, whose report has clearly been favorable.
It is expected that the awards ceremony, Chairman of the Education Minister, Ángel Gabilondo, takes place in spring.
Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión