The Joint Commission of Insularity Congress-Senate has approved a proposal of the socialist deputy Milena Herrera to adapt the training cycle of Guide in the Natural Environment and Leisure Time to the reality of the Islands and other coastal territories. The aim is to replace part of the teaching load in horse riding for a specialization related to the marine environment, more in line with the professional opportunities in places like Ibiza.
Currently, the cycle -which in Ibiza is taught at IES Balàfia-includes 170 hours per year of Riding Techniques and another 90 hours of Equestrian Guiding, a load that Herrera considers “difficult to assume” in island territories, where these practices have little presence and little professional projection.
The deputy has argued that adapting the cycle to the maritime environment would not only allow to adjust the training to the socio-economic reality of the Islands, but would also make it “more attractive and with better job opportunities”. In Ibiza, she points out, there is a high demand for profiles trained in kayaking, dinghy sailing and nautical activities, modalities that today are outside the official curriculum.
The initiative seeks to expand and update the educational offer within the professional field of the natural environment and leisure time, so that students can be trained in contents that are truly linked to the environment in which they will live and work.
The PSOE stresses that this training adaptation would mean an advance in the specialization of students from Ibiza and the rest of the islands, strengthening strategic sectors such as active tourism and sports activities linked to the sea.
