CEIP Ses Rotes Velles, ARA Balears Bartomeu Picornell Prize for Education
The jury highlights the sustained work of the public center to promote its own language and culture in an environment of great diversity, with almost twenty years of leadership by Joana Maria Mas Cuenca
PalmaThe CEIP Ses Rotes Velles has been awarded the ARA Balears Bartomeu Picornell Education prize, an award that recognizes initiatives capable of advancing the educational system of the Balearic Islands with projects that improve equity, foster critical thinking, and strengthen the link with the educational community.
The jury has particularly valued the sustained work the center does to maintain and promote the use of the Catalan language and its own culture from public schools, in a social context marked by great cultural diversity and strong Hispanization.
As the resolution highlights, CEIP Ses Rotes Velles understands that the language and culture of the territory are fundamental tools for integration and social cohesion, and argues that this process must be built from childhood. With this vision, the center has transformed the school into a space for shared coexistence, with the aim of working, as they summarize, "on a path for everyone, for everyone, and with everyone".
The jury also wanted to highlight the pedagogical conviction of the center, which considers education a key tool to combat inequalities and ensure that all children have "the same right to learn and live in Catalan".
The recognition extends to the entire teaching and human team of the center, headed for almost twenty years by Joana Maria Mas Cuenca, for a career that combines educational commitment, transmission of values, and attention to emotions as an essential part of learning.
The Bartomeu Picornell Education prize recalls the work of educators and emphasizes transformative experiences within the Balearic educational field.