Valdepeñas has launched the figure of the Agent Tutor, with the aim of preventing cases of school absenteeism and bullying in the educational environment. An initiative carried out by the Valdepeñas City Council, through the Local Police, in coordination with the Education, Social Services, educational centers, Parents’ Associations (AMPAS), and the students themselves.
Although the school absenteeism rate is only 2% in Valdepeñas, the Councilor for Education, Inmaculada Pacheco, explained that «the goal is to eliminate school absenteeism and I believe that the figure of the Agent Tutor will be a close figure to the minors, to also understand the motivation behind absenteeism, as well as bullying issues or family situations, with the agent being a tutor who detects the problems and resolves the situation.»
The figure of the Agent Tutor will have three specialized agents, who will work at the request of educational centers, AMPAS, and the students themselves, who can communicate through a specific phone number with WhatsApp as well as through an email, as indicated by Emilio Julián García, coordinator of the Agent Tutor figure.
«The purpose, in addition to absenteeism which, fortunately, is low in the city of Valdepeñas, we will also work on bullying on social networks, which is becoming more common, as well as physical bullying in educational centers in primary, secondary, vocational training, and high school,» he noted.
The work of the Agent Tutor will be preventive in nature and will also fight to eradicate the sale of narcotics in the vicinity of educational centers. In cases of absenteeism, the causes will be investigated, and in cases of bullying, mediation will take place between the parties. Furthermore, the figure will be strengthened through an agreement signed with the Castilla-La Mancha Regional Government on the Law for the Protection of Childhood and Adolescence against Violence, incorporating a psychologist and a social worker.
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