The Government will give a temporary residence permit to foreigners in an irregular situation who want to enroll in FP studies. The objective is to open this training modality to "the entire population" and "make the system more flexible" to improve employability and respond to the needs of certain jobs that companies have and that are not currently covered, as is done in Germany with what they call “tolerated stay”. To access these papers, immigrants will be required to be living in Spain and to have stayed here continuously for the last two years.
It is one of the novelties of the royal decree project for the Ordination of Vocational Training, which develops the Vocational Training Law that was approved last year around this time. The text also allows, among other things, accrediting previous skills to facilitate access to the labor market and emphasizes the training of groups with difficulties in professional integration, such as those over 16 who work without qualifications or people at risk of social exclusion. .
Also for immigrants, the Ministry of Pilar Alegría contemplates, in article 39, that "FP offers will give the option of temporary residence authorization for exceptional circumstances" contemplated in royal decree 629/2022 that modifies the Regulation of the Law of Immigration. This regulation authorizes people to live in Spain for one year and enables people who collaborate with the authorities or “when there are reasons of public interest” to work.
To do this, they must meet certain conditions, such as proving "by any means of proof" that they have been working in an irregular situation for a minimum of six months in the last year, have no criminal record or are not listed as rejectable in the country of origin.
The Royal Decree on Vocational Training adds requirements: "Citizens from non-EU countries who, while in Spain, have stayed continuously for two years, will obtain authorization to enroll and carry out training in the degrees of the FP system. The residence authorization will be subject, in any case, to passing the corresponding training and presenting an employment contract.
Sources from the Ministry of Education and FP clarify that immigrants "will have a residence permit for the duration of the training and then they must present an employment contract."
They explain that this article is intended not so much for the Intermediate or Higher Level Vocational Training cycles, which require ESO or Baccalaureate degrees and which last up to 2,000 hours spread over two years, but for "specific training that opens the doors of employability”. They refer to shorter courses, between 600 and 800 hours, which lead to a certificate of professionalism.
"There is a significant lack of labor in many productive sectors and this is a way of qualifying the population," they point out, and point out that the text must still be submitted to the consultation of the educational community and can be modified. It is not specified in the decree, but the same sources assure that a minimum level of Spanish and some "own qualities" will be required to access the training.
On the other hand, for the first time, second-chance schools are included in the FP system, which train young people between the ages of 16 and 29 without qualifications or employment. Agreements may be authorized between these centers and the institutes for the total or partial referral of students who, at the age of 15, are at risk of early school leaving.
These schools will be able to offer certificates of competence, professionals and Basic Degree training cycles. And they will be allowed to make the offer more flexible up to twice its initial duration.
With 20% of ninis and 28% of young people who do not even have a Baccalaureate, Spain is also the country with the highest youth unemployment in all of Europe: 29%. There are cities like Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Seville where 50% has been exceeded.
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