Improving students' reading comprehension and mathematical skills will once again be the main objectives of the education inspectorate for the 2024/2025 school year, according to the Work Plan presented this Friday at the Virgen de la Candelaria Integrated Vocational Training Center (CIFP) in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, during a meeting that was closed by the Minister of Education, Vocational Training, Physical Activity and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands, Poli Suárez.
The document prepared by the General Inspectorate, coordinated by Felipe Cordero, incorporates all the actions that, in accordance with its functions of supervision, advice, information and collaboration with schools, are carried out each year by the inspection staff.
As a novelty for this school year, it is worth mentioning the Diagnostic Evaluation project which, in collaboration with the Canarian Agency for University Quality and Educational Evaluation (ACCUEE), led by José Saturnino Martínez, has been designed to make available to teachers national and international evaluation tests that can be incorporated into classroom programs, being a complement that adds richness to the curriculum and the training received by students.
In turn, during the presentation, the administrative simplification project for schools occupied a relevant place. An project in which the education inspectorate, together with other institutions, such as the School Council of the Canary Islands, teacher unions and directors' platforms, will play a prominent role, so that in a joint and coordinated work, the simplification of bureaucratic procedures and efficiency in the management procedures that are carried out every day in schools can be addressed.
Similarly, the visit of the inspectors of the Canary Islands to the teachers during the second quarter will follow the path initiated in the previous school year with the aim of advising on the improvement of reading comprehension and mathematical skills. To this end, the visit will be extended to new schools and new teachers to continue expanding the advisory plan designed by the Vice-Ministry of Education.
In this sense, the Deputy Minister of the area, José Manuel Cabrera admitted that "we know that the results will not be immediate, but we are convinced that the work that the inspection staff can carry out in schools in relation to teachers, especially those who join schools for the first time, is irreplaceable and will determine the progress we need in improving the linguistic and mathematical competence of our students".
