Common use of Rural education Clause in Contracts

Rural education. with the aim of providing a comprehensive service for early childhood, guaranteeing the coverage, quality and relevance of education, eradicating illiteracy in rural areas, helping the younger generation to remain part of the production sector in the countryside, and promoting involvement in rural development on the part of regional academic institutions, the National Government is to set up and implement the Special Rural Education Plan (Plan Especial de Educación Rural). Implementation of the Plan will take account of the following criteria: • Universal coverage with comprehensive service provision for early childhood. • Flexible pre-school, primary and secondary school education adapted to the needs of communities and of the rural environment, with an equity-based approach. • The construction, reconstruction, improvement and adaptation of the rural educational infrastructure, to include the provision and ongoing presence of qualified teaching staff and access to information technologies. • The guarantee of free education at pre-school, primary and secondary school level. • Improvement of the conditions of access of boys, girls and adolescents to the education system and assistance in enabling them to continue their education, through the provision of free access to materials, textbooks, school meals and transport. • The provision of recreation, culture and sports programmes and infrastructure. • The incorporation of technical agricultural training into secondary school education (years ten and eleven). • The provision of scholarships with non-repayable grants for the poorest rural men and women to gain access to technical, technological and university training services, to include, where relevant, subsistence funds. • The promotion of vocational training for women in disciplines that are not the traditional preserve of women. • The implementation of a special programme for eradicating illiteracy in the countryside. • The strengthening and promotion of research, innovation and scientific and technological development for the agricultural sector, in areas such as agro-ecology, biotechnology, soil science, etc. • A progressive increase in technical, technological and university quotas in rural zones, with fair access for both men and women, including persons with a disability. Special measures will be implemented to incentivise access on the part of rural women and to encourage them to continue. • Promoting the expansion of provision and technical, technological and university training in subject areas related to rural development.