María Dolores Rodríguez from Lanzarote took office this Monday as the new Deputy Councillor for Education, Universities and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands.
The Councillor for the area, María José Guerra Palmero, presided over the inauguration of the last four positions with which she concludes the configuration of her work team. Thus, in addition to María Dolores Rodríguez González, María Eva de la Fe González took office as General Director of Professional Training and Adult Education, Antonio Aparicio Juan as General Director of Universities, and Dulce María González Doreste as Director of the Canarian Agency for University Quality and Educational Evaluation (ACCUEE).
Regarding the new Deputy Councillor for Education, Universities, Culture and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands, María Dolores Rodríguez, was born in Arrecife and has a degree in Philosophy and Arts from the University of La Laguna, as well as a diploma in General Basic Education Teaching with a specialty in Human Sciences.
According to the regional Executive, since 1983 she has worked as a teacher for the Ministry of Education of the Government of the Canary Islands in different centers of the Islands and is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the La Caja de Canarias Foundation. She has been a member of the School Council of the Canary Islands and Councillor for Education and Culture of the Arrecife City Council in several periods and has participated in "multitude" of courses, projects and programs, all related to the area of Education.
Educate to achieve change and face the challenges of the 21st century
In the inauguration of the last four positions of her team, the Councillor for Education, María José Guerra, lamented the "serious consequences" that the fire on the island of Gran Canaria is causing and referred to "the necessary educational and cultural work that allows creating awareness and achieving a change of mentality."
"We are drawing consequences from what environmental disasters mean, which affect nature, but also harshly affect the population and our future. From the educational and cultural level we are going to do everything possible so that there is really a change of mentality in our society to face the challenges of the 21st century, the challenges linked to the climate emergency, to environmental disasters. For this we need an educated, trained citizenry that generates a culture of sustainability, human security and that truly appreciates environmental values, which are a treasure, an immense heritage of our islands," she said.
For the Councillor, "closing the team of the Ministry today is a milestone." "We are all already working at full capacity to start this course, which will have difficulties, but which we face with all the enthusiasm and encouragement because if there is something in which we risk the future of the young generations it is in education," said María José Guerra, who highlighted the "decisive commitment" of the entire team "to work and dialogue with civil society and with the rest of public administrations."
After the inauguration ceremony, the Councillor chaired the first meeting of the department in which the objectives and work plan of each of the areas that make up the Ministry were set.
