Overview
- The XII Beca Fundación María José Jove‑Ingada was awarded on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, when a jury named Carlos Iván Blanco Casal of CEIP Eusebio da Guarda the winner for his project.
- The winning proposal, “Movimiento estructurado en el aula,” schedules two to four planned active breaks per school day using balls, elastic bands, mats and fitballs to boost attention, impulse control and executive functions in primary pupils.
- Second place went to CEIP A Pedra de Bueu for “Gracias por escucharme,” an oratory program to train planning, self‑regulation and social skills, and IES A Xunqueira I of Pontevedra placed among the third‑place honorees with a project to reinforce executive functions during the primary‑to‑secondary transition.
- The prize links a 2025–2026 in‑person teacher training course delivered across seven Galician cities to classroom pilots; the program has reached 170 teachers this edition and more than 3,150 since it began, and foundation and Xunta education officials attended the ceremony.
- If implemented next school year, these teacher‑designed pilots could offer low‑cost, adaptable strategies—movement breaks, oral‑expression exercises and Universal Design for Learning tools—that target attention and planning and may be scaled to other schools after evaluation.