THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, FOR THE BEST IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERAL LAW OF EDUCATION, HAS SET IN MOTION NUMEROUS COURSES OF SPECIALIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHERS OF BASIC GENERAL EDUCATION AND, AMONG THEM, THE THEY ARE TAUGHT IN DISTANCE LEARNING, AND SUCCESSIVE ANNUAL PROGRAMMES ARE CARRIED OUT ACCORDING TO THE QUESTIONNAIRES AND PEDAGOGICAL CRITERIA DESIGNED AND APPROVED BY THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF BASIC EDUCATION AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION. SCIENCE OF EDUCATION, RUNNING IN CHARGE OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION DISTANCE THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAME WITH THE COLLABORATION OF OTHER ORGANS AND SERVICES OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE PROVINCIAL DELEGATIONS OF THAT DEPARTMENT, THE TECHNICAL INSPECTION AND THE SCHOOLS UNIVERSITY OF BASIC GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.

THE EXPERIENCE GATHERED ADVISES, ON THE ONE HAND, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TRAINING PROCESS THAT FOLLOWS ON THESE PROGRAMS IN THEIR ESSENTIAL LINES, AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE FORMULATION OF A LONGER-TERM PROGRAMMING THAT SAVES THE LIMITATIONS AND THE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES WHICH IN THE ORDER OF THE BEST USE OF THE SERVICES OF THE FACULTY AND THE ELABORATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEANS ARE DERIVED FROM THE ANNUAL FORECASTS MADE TO DATE.

THE VOLUME OF THE DEMAND FOR THE COURSES DERIVED FROM THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS TO ATTEND ALLOWS AND ADVISES A TOTAL PROGRAMMING TO FOUR YEARS. WITHIN THIS PERIOD, THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PLACES TO BE COVERED FOR EACH YEAR AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF BASIC AND PRESCHOOL GENERAL EDUCATION, MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF BASIC AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION NATIONAL OF BASIC EDUCATION AND OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, THUS COMBINING THE ATTENTION TO THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS VARIABLES WITH THE TEACHING OF THE TEACHERS AND THE PREPARATION OF THE MATERIAL MEANS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE TO MEDIUM TERM AND WITHOUT CONTINUITY SOLUTIONS, IN ORDER TO RESPECT THE REQUIREMENTS OF RATIONALITY IN THE ORGANISATION AND ECONOMY IN EXPENDITURE.

IN HIS VIRTUE, THIS MINISTRY HAS DISPOSED:

ARTICLE 1. THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR BASIC EDUCATION SHALL CONVENE ANNUALLY AND FOR FOUR YEARS, COURSES OF SPECIALIZATION AND FURTHER TRAINING FOR TEACHERS OF BASIC GENERAL EDUCATION, IN DISTANCE LEARNING, AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, BY IN-PERSON EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THE DEMAND OF THE ASPIRANTS.

ART. 2. FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1980, AS WELL AS FOR SUCCESSIVE FINANCIAL YEARS, THE CORRESPONDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FINANCING OF THE IN-PERSON COURSES GIVEN BY THE INSTITUTES OF EDUCATION SCIENCES SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT AS TRANSFER, DIRECT TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE OF EDUCATION, FIGURING IN THE EXPRESSED BUDGET THE ENDOWMENTS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES AS DIRECT TRANSFER TO THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION A DISTANCIA.

ART. 3. 1. THE CALL WILL BE MADE ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DISTANCE EDUCATION OR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES, DEPENDING ON THE CASES, AND WILL DETERMINE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PLACES TO BE COVERED, THEIR DISTRIBUTION BY AREAS AND LEVELS OF EDUCATION. STUDIES, CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BENEFICIARIES, ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES IN THE COSTS OF MATERIAL, DURATION OF EACH TYPE OF COURSE AND, IN GENERAL, THE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF THE SAME.

2. A TECHNICAL COMMISSION WILL SCHEDULE, WITHIN THE FOUR-YEAR FORECAST, THE INDICATIVE FIGURES FOR PLACES FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

PRE-SCHOOL, PHILOLOGY (ENGLISH AND FRENCH), MATHEMATICS AND NATURE SCIENCES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, AS WELL AS THOSE WHICH CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO SPECIAL TRAINING COURSES, SO THAT THE STAFF CAN BE ASSIGNED TEACHING AND TRAINING THE TEACHING MATERIAL WITH SAFETY, ECONOMY AND MAXIMUM ANTICIPATION. THE COMMISSION, WHICH WILL BE CHAIRED BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR BASIC EDUCATION, SHALL BE COMPOSED OF TECHNICAL OFFICIALS FROM THAT DIRECTORATE-GENERAL, OF THE UNIVERSITIES, OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE OF EDUCATION AND OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. DISTANCE EDUCATION, DESIGNATED BY REASON OF CHARGE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LEGAL PROVISION. IT WILL ACT IN FULL AND ON A PERMANENT BASIS.

3. THE PERMANENT COMMISSION OF PROGRAMMING, IN THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS OF THE PROFESSIONALS-CURSILLISTS WILL PROPOSE THE READJUSTMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLACES TO BE AWARDED TO EACH AREA AND LEVEL, ACCORDING TO THE VOLUME OF REQUESTS AND THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE.

4. EACH YEAR, AT LEAST 10,000 SEATS SHALL BE CONVENED, DEPENDING, IN ANY CASE, ON THE AVAILABLE BUDGET.

ART. 4. THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DISTANCE LEARNING WILL DETERMINE ITS OWN BODY WHICH WILL ASSUME THE DIRECTION AND PRACTICAL SUPERVISION OF THE COURSES; IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE, THROUGH A SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL SERVICE, THE CONTINUOUS PEDAGOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE COURSES. PROGRAMMES.

ART. 5. THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSES WILL BE ADAPTED TO THE QUESTIONNAIRES APPROVED BY THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF BASIC GENERAL EDUCATION, PRIOR TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE OF EDUCATION AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, ACCORDING TO THE CASOS. THE TEACHING MATERIAL WILL BE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY BY THE TEACHERS IN CHARGE OF THE TEACHING, MAKING THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT GUARANTEE THEIR PERFORMANCE AND COLLECT THE RESULTS OF THE CONTINUOUS EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAMS.

ART.6. THE CALLS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST HALF OF SEPTEMBER EACH YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS APPRECIATED, EACH CURSILLIST SHALL BE AWARDED BY THE EXECUTING ENTITY FOR THE QUALIFICATION OF FIT OR UNFIT, ALTHOUGH EXCEPTIONALLY, A SECOND AND ONLY OPPORTUNITY MAY BE GRANTED TO RECOVER, THROUGH THE EVIDENCE TO BE IDENTIFIED, A GIVEN MATTER. THE QUALIFIED CERTIFICATE SHALL BE AWARDED TO THE DECLARED ELIGIBLE, WITH THE SAME VALIDITY AND EFFECTS AS THOSE PROVIDED FOR IN THE PROVISIONS IN FORCE.

MADRID, MARCH 12, 1979. -CAVERO LATAILLADE.