Overview
- The Xunta convened past and present education leaders at the Cidade da Cultura to review the region’s school system since 2000.
- Officials cited measured progress: early school leaving fell to 10.8% from 29.3%, higher‑education attainment rose to about 42%, and vocational training enrollment grew by 60%.
- Inclusion was presented as a defining trait of the system, which Rueda cast as a benchmark of “Galicia Calidade.”
- Vocational training was highlighted as a “silent revolution” and a priority growth area within the regional model.
- Speakers framed demographic decline as the central challenge and called for integrating newcomers through schooling, with the event offering assessment rather than new policy measures.