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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - ias polytechnic]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Closure of the Polytechnic High School: teachers complain that the Education Department has no plans for the new vocational training center]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/education/closure-of-the-polytechnic-high-school-education-has-no-project-underway-for-the-new-vocational-training-center_1_5568188.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/a553e9f3-a714-4a3b-bf50-48cbb6b56e9e_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Nine months after the announcement of the closure of the IES Politécnico in the BOIB (Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands), the school community continues to express its concern about the management of the center's transformation into an Integrated Vocational Training Center (CIFP). According to the school's faculty assembly, "despite the rush to eliminate the public school places that are to be integrated into the future CIFP Politécnico, it remains in its infancy and doesn't even have a project plan." In fact, the teachers have requested information from the Ministry of Education about the project's status. The response has been clear: "The implementation of the new educational facilities is in a very early preliminary design phase, therefore the requested project plan is not available." For now, the closure process continues. Thus, in the 2025-2026 academic year, the first year of ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education) has been eliminated, a second year ESO group has been created, and the first year of Bachillerato (Upper Secondary Education) has been eliminated. For the 2026-2027 academic year, the second year of ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education), one third-year ESO group, and the second year of Bachillerato (Upper Secondary Education) will be eliminated. The elimination of ESO and Bachillerato studies will continue during the 2027-2028 academic year with the elimination of the third year of ESO and one fourth-year ESO group, while in the 2028-2029 academic year, the last fourth-year ESO group will be eliminated. </p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:35:58 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Students from the IES Politécnico protest against the decision of the Ministry of Education to close the center.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The school assembly asserts that while the institute is already closing, the future center "is in a very early preliminary design phase," according to the Ministry.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[This is what the future CIFP Politécnico will look like: 2,000 students, two separate spaces, and 45 training cycles.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/education/this-is-what-the-future-cifp-politecnico-will-look-like-2-000-students-two-separate-spaces-and-45-training-cycles_1_5454807.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/492ccb09-1dce-4b6f-93cc-7c7ce56d9c32_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The building that was formerly the Palma Polytechnic High School will now house an Integrated Vocational Training Center (CIFP) and a Vocational Training Innovation Center. All of this will have a capacity for 2,000 students. The Regional Minister of Education and Universities, Antoni Vera, and the Director General of Vocational Training and Educational Planning, Isabel Salas, presented the preliminary project this Friday. The Polytechnic, Vera noted, will now house "two distinct buildings and two different structures." One of them will house a CIFP (Integrated Vocational Training Center) and the other, a vocational training innovation center. Together, they will have the capacity to train approximately 2,000 students, who will be able to complete 45 training cycles—basic, intermediate, and advanced—across 10 different professional areas.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:35:41 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Presentation of the project for the future Polytechnic CIFP.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The works are expected to be completed in 2029, unless the courts accept the appeal of the Teachers' Assembly, which wants to maintain the IES, and halt the project.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The teachers at the IES Politécnico ask Vera: "How many public positions will be eliminated between now and the end of the term?"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/education/the-teachers-at-the-ies-politecnico-ask-vera-how-many-public-positions-will-be-eliminated-between-now-and-the-end-of-the-term_1_5451636.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/12254379-9be5-415e-9b76-e55412e6fa12_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Teachers' Assembly of the IES Politécnico is not giving up and will ask the Regional Minister of Education and Universities, Antoni Vera, if he has agreed with the opposition to close the center, taking into account that the planned renovation works will not be completed until the second quarter of 2029, almost two years after the regional elections. Families and residents affected by the closure intend to ask the regional minister during the presentation of the new CIFP Politécnico, scheduled for next Friday, July 25, according to the teachers, but Educació has not confirmed</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:55:24 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Demonstration in Paris Square in defense of public schools.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Professionals ask the minister if he has agreed with the opposition to close the institute and convert it into a vocational training center.]]></subtitle>
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