“The delivery of the work is close and our idea is that the Adeje Integrated Vocational Training Center will be operational for the next academic year, at least to teach subjects related to tourism, administration or computing,” he stated yesterday in the Parliament of the Canary Islands. the Minister of Education, Poli Suárez, who confirmed that the work “is already completed” and the reception of the center is currently being processed.
Suárez pointed out that his department is “expediting” the hiring of the person who will be in charge of management, whose appointment will be “imminent”, which he considered “fundamental” to conclude the reception of the center, since he will be the person responsible for signing the contracting supplies, such as electricity service or water supply. The next step will be the equipment, which will include the installation of industrial kitchens, worth two million euros.
The work has already been delayed for more than three and a half years, after the contract was awarded to the company Proyecon Galicia SA in May 2018, with a completion period of 22 months. Work began on July 26 of that year, so the building should have been completed on May 26, 2020.
Poli Suárez indicated that up to seven extensions of the execution period have been granted (the last on July 10 with the previous Ministry team) and the next day the second modified project was approved, with the consequent economic variation. The counselor justified the extensions of the deadlines in the conditions derived from the pandemic, the delay in the delivery time of materials, transportation problems, the shortage of raw materials, the incidents due to the increase in the cost of energy and the Ukrainian war.
In response to a question from deputy Miguel Martín (CC), the counselor also said that it is necessary to meet with the mayors of the South due to the problems of both the lack of educational infrastructure and high ratios of students per classroom. The CIPF Adeje is called to become a benchmark for Vocational Training teachings in the southern region, with an area of influence that extends from Santiago del Teide to Granadilla de Abona, and an educational area that includes, in addition to the aforementioned municipalities, Guía de Isora, Adeje, Arona, Vilaflor de Chasna and San Miguel de Abona.
In the future facilities, with capacity for more than 500 students, it will be possible to study professional degrees in Cooking and Gastronomy, Restaurant Services, Travel Agencies and Event Management, Kitchen Management, Service and Restaurant Management, Tourist Accommodation Management and Tourist Guide, Information and Assistance, all from the professional family of Hospitality and Tourism.
Also Bakery, Pastry, Confectionery and Viticulture, from the professional family of Food Industries; in addition to Microcomputer Systems and Networks, Multiplatform Application Development, Web and Network Systems Administration, from the Computer Science and Communications family.
