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The Vice President of the Government of the Canary Islands and Minister of Education, Universities and Sustainability, José Miguel Pérez, has officially inaugurated the IES of Costa Teguise, which began operating on January 28. Pérez has pointed out that this center significantly improves schooling in this Lanzarote municipality, which has seen its population grow in recent years.
The new center welcomes 186 students this year in 7 groups from IES Teguise, which had more than 800 students at the beginning of the current year. Next year it will also incorporate students who finish Primary Education at CEIP Costa Teguise, also recently built, which currently has an enrollment of 708 students in 31 groups.
"For this Ministry it is essential to cover the needs of educational infrastructures according to the real and updated demand. The loss of funds from the central government that we have suffered has been a setback, since the autonomous Executive does not have the capacity to respond to so much cut from Madrid, but we will not cease in the search for formulas to build the centers that are necessary in the Islands", José Miguel Pérez pointed out.
The vice president recalled that the Ministry made an investment in works and equipment of educational centers in Lanzarote of 395,802.35 euros during the past year and that this year it will carry out works of reforms, expansion, improvements and equipment in 13 centers of the island.
Pérez was accompanied, in the inaugural act, by the president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Pedro San Ginés; the mayor of Teguise, Oswaldo Betancort; the vice-counselor of Education and Universities, Manuela Armas, and the director of the center, Nieves Hernández.
Characteristics of the IES
The IES Costa Teguise, which has been built on a plot of 15,293.00 square meters ceded by the City Council to the Ministry, has a constructed area of 5,118.53 square meters and is developed on two floors. It has 16 units for Secondary and Baccalaureate and can accommodate up to 480 students.
Its construction has cost 3,150,894.77 euros, an amount that has been financed by the Canary Islands Integral Employment Plan (PIEC) and the Autonomous Community. Both the project and the direction of the work have been executed by the architect José Miguel Fuentes Marante.
Of the work of the new IES Costa Teguise, its sports hall stands out in a special way, which "has become one of the best on the island, both for its equipment and lighting, as well as for its integration into the environment", according to the Government of the Canary Islands through a statement. It can also be used outside school hours in agreement with the City Council.
The IES Costa Teguise has specific classrooms for music, computer science, plastic arts, technology, laboratory, library, cafeteria and 10 tutorials. It also has administrative space, management area, office for APAS, as well as an outdoor sports court, garden areas, parking and an educational garden.