La secretaria general de Inclusión visita en Málaga el proyecto de comprensión lectora para menores de familias vulnerables

The general secretary of Objectives and Policies of Inclusion and Social Security, Milagros Paniagua, has visited in Malaga the itinerary of social inclusion object of the agreement signed between the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration and the Jaume Bofill Foundation for beneficiaries of the Minimum Vital Income and vulnerable people, aimed at students of Primary and Compulsory Secondary.

The actions in Andalusia are carried out through the José Manuel Lara Foundation, an organization with extensive experience in the educational field that, on this occasion, works the reading comprehension of the students (within the framework of the Lecxit project) and the socioemotional skills within the classroom (Pentabilities project).

In the first scenario, it has been proven that low levels of reading competence contribute to school dropout and failure. Lecxit is a reading mentoring program, in which a volunteer will accompany students individually one hour a week. For its part, the Pentabilities project addresses the improvement of students’ socio-emotional skills, with the aim of improving absenteeism ratios and academic results.

In both projects, the Ministry has committed a budget of four million euros with which it will serve more than 3,900 people, students and relatives, from Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla.

These innovative projects try to extract evidence that allows the improvement of the academic results of minors belonging to vulnerable groups, as well as general students.“The injection of financial resources into low-income families helps improve their children’s educational outcomes, as long as income transfer programs are accompanied by socio-educational support programs,” said Paniagua.

This project is part of the 34 itineraries of socio-labor inclusion for beneficiaries of the IMV and the autonomous minimum income that the Ministry of Inclusion has signed with different autonomous communities and cities, local entities and entities of the third sector of social action, within the framework of the Plan of Recovery, Transformation and Resilience.