This has been agreed by the Sectorial Conference on Education, chaired by the Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Pilar Alegría.

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The accreditation of teachers’ digital competence, an essential element in the transformation of our country’s education system, will be recognised in a homologous manner and will be valid throughout the country.

Furthermore, it has been established that the autonomous communities will have one year to draw up their regulations for the accreditation of these competencies. These will have different levels, similar to those used for language assessment: A1 and A2 for the initial stage; B1 and B2, the intermediate stage; and C1 and C2 for the advanced stage.

The aim is that by 2024 at least 80% of 700,000 non-university teachers will have their digital skills accredited. This is a commitment made by Spain to the European Commission and is reflected in Component 19 of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

500 million euros for territorial cooperation programmes
To facilitate the development and accreditation of these skills, the Ministry will distribute 284.7 million euros this year to the autonomous communities from the aforementioned Component 19. These funds, whose distribution has been validated by the Sectorial Conference, will also be used to develop digital plans for educational centres, an instrument to favour and promote the use of digital media in teaching and learning processes.

Together with this allocation, the distribution of 118.2 million euros has also been agreed for the Programme for Guidance, Advancement and Educational Enrichment PROA+, recently approved by the Council of Ministers. This programme, in which 360 million euros are expected to be invested between 2021 and 2024, is aimed at improving educational results and preventing school dropout in publicly funded schools with a significant percentage of students with educational difficulties.