The Câmara de Lagoa invested, during the year 2020, 3,12 million euros in the area of education, which this municipality «continues to elect as one of its priorities».
According to a note from the municipality, the municipality "has been prioritizing, over the last few years, a policy of proximity and true cooperation with the school community, in a clear commitment to the education of new generations."
The diversity of the educational offer and the promotion of specific response programs, in structuring areas, such as the “Bullying Portal”, “Aprender+”, “Lagoa a Ler”, “EPIS”, have been enhancing the curricular, social and personal enrichment of children and young people in the municipality.
In addition to the promotion of these programs, there are also projects in the areas of psychomotricity, psychology, neuropsychology, speech therapy, school mediation, prevention of school violence, music in pre-school and 1st cycle.
In addition to school social action, school transport, meals, extended hours and curriculum enrichment, the municipality has also invested in the construction, maintenance and equipping of schools in the municipality.
"Aware of the fundamental role that the Municipality can play in the areas of personal, social and academic training of citizens, we have been strengthening our dimension as a partner institution for schools and families", said Luís Encarnação, Mayor of Lagoon.
The largest part of this investment was channeled to pre-school and 1st cycle establishments, where more than one million euros were invested (1 037 269).
Of the total amount invested in the education sector, the hiring of non-teaching staff absorbed more than half a million (551 840 euros).
The extension of the hours of the family support component raised more than a quarter of a million (253 433 euros), while school social action received almost another quarter of a million (217 055 euros).
The remainder was invested in school transport, school equipment, furniture, office supplies, teaching materials, in the aforementioned projects, among other direct and indirect expenses with education.
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