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Seven schools are turning to music and theater to prevent school violence

The Ministry of Education, Universities and Employment collaborates with Spain Yehudi Menuhin Foundation for the development of 'Muse' inclusion program through the arts. This initiative, developed in seven centers in the region, promotes the use of music, song, theater, dance and the visual arts as a tool that promotes tolerance and prevent violent behavior or racism.

The Director General of Educational Planning and Attention to Diversity, Begoña Iniesta, yesterday visited the CEIP Barriomar of Murcia where he could check the implementation of this program and the improvements that are being experienced in living and reducing dropout. This action emphasizes dialogue and interaction between different cultures and the development of creativity and imagination in the practice of the arts as a basis for education.

Iniesta said that in the areas in which it has worked with Yehudi Menuhin, a foundation that has an agreement with the Ministry of Education for teacher training, "shows an improvement in teaching by the change in the most active methodologies and participatory teachers as well as the improvement of school success, harmony and reducing truancy. "

The work is done through workshops in theater, dance, music and visual arts, taught by artists with teaching experience, in which it is intended that participating children channel their creativity, strengthen their self-esteem and improve their vision of the school environment.

The centers where it is implanted are public schools Barriomar of Murcia, Stella Maris in Cartagena, San Cristobal de Lorca, Hernandez Roldan Ardieta Ramon y Cajal Eagles, the EEC Primitiva Lopez de Cartagena and IES Sierra Minera de La Union.

Along with the general manager, they visited the school Barriomar the Councillor for Education of Murcia, María Dolores Sánchez, and the director of the Yehudi Menuhin Spain, Ana Isabel Dominguez Foundation.