IES La Rábida

Institute of Secondary Education La Rábida
Instituto de Educación Secundaria La Rábida
Established June 13, 1856 (1856-06-13)
Director Antonio Pérez España
Academic staff
 60
Students 1000
Location Huelva, Spain
37°15′50″N 6°56′55″W / 37.2639°N 6.9485°W / 37.2639; -6.9485Coordinates: 37°15′50″N 6°56′55″W / 37.2639°N 6.9485°W / 37.2639; -6.9485
Website http://www.iesrabida.es/

The IES (Institute of Secondary Education) La Rábida is a public educational center located in the city of Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. It is the Institute with more history in all the Province[1], taking more than 160 years. In addition, the Institute is considered a benchmark in education throughout the province.[2] The teaching center has a staff of 60 teachers and more than 1000 students enrolled.

History

The Institute of Secondary Education "La Rábida" was founded by the Royal Order of June 13, 1856 as a secondary school during the reign of Isabel II and it was officially inaugurated in October of the same year by the Civil Governor of Huelva, Adolfo de Castro, and the first director of the institute Vicente Rodríguez García[1]. In its history it has passed through many venues. The first one was the Convent of San Francisco, which is now the Church of the Jesuits; the Convent of La Merced, now a University, which in Huelva is known as the Old Institute; and the current one in the Manuel Siurot Avenue since the 1933-34 course. The architect of the current headquarters of the center (Manuel Siurot) was Pérez Carasa.[3]

Its style is difficult to frame because it presents features of all the styles that were fashionable at the time (historicism, modernisme, neo-gothicism, ...) that make its architecture personal. What is identifying is that it was designed and built in an era in which the functionality of architecture begins to be one of its signs of identity. It is shown as the best example of the work of this unique architect, who knew how to adapt this work to the natural environment of the capital of Huelva, because the building is located on one of the big mountains in Huelva.[2]

Two students stand out from this school:

  • Antonia Arrobas y Pérez was the first woman officially registered to do the secondary education in Spain (1871). Born in Talavera la Real, the daughter of a carpenter and a housewife, she applied for an examination at the Huelva institute to validate the studies she had completed privately, but at that time in the educational field the current norm used the student term to refer to all enrollment process, understanding the legislators that the education was just for women. That is why the demand for Arrobas had to be referred to the rector of the University of Seville and the general director of Public Instruction, who finally granted permission.[4][5]
  • Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, also studied at this educational center.[6]

The institute served as a royal room in the visit that King Alfonso XII made to the city of Huelva in the year 1882.[3]

In 1903, the first meteorological station of Huelva and its province[3] was established at the institute. It was directed by teachers of the center and they owe the first official climate data available in our province and city. In this center was also founded the first schools for workers or professionals of Huelva in the 19th century.

La Rábida Institute is distinguished as a Historical Educational Institute of Andalusia. The centers like this recognized as such as part of a Network of Historical Educational Institutes of Andalusia and can share resources, experiences and initiatives, as well as disseminate their history through educational projects.[1]

Teaching

In the educational center the following teachings are offered:

Current political situation

Since 2000 approximately, there is a project for the modernization work of the center. This action of the Regional Government of Andalusia would provide the center with a new gymnasium and would provide its facilities respecting its patrimonial protection. The territorial delegate of Education, Vicente Zarza, explained that this reform has a budget of almost 8 million euros, with the aim of drafting the project "to endow the center with facilities suitable to its typology."

This intervention also includes the creation of a toilet specially adapted to students with educational needs with shower and stretcher area, as well as the reconversion of the current function room for use as a multifunctional room that also allows hosting conferences and projections. The planned action will also cover the replacement of exterior carpentry and roofing, repair of cracks and painting, as well as other rehabilitation of the building, respecting its patrimonial protection conferred by the Urban Development Catalog of Huelva (PGOU) with the degree of Protection Integral Monumental, within the framework of the Law of Urban Planning in Andalusia.

This comprehensive reform of the Institute has been waiting for both teachers and students of the center since 2000, arising year after year rumors that "the works will be undertaken the next course." Due to the great reform it would mean, during this time, it would not be possible to teach the classes in the center, so therefore, an alternative place should be sought until the works are finished, but it is still unknown where it would be.[7]

On October 17, 2017, a plan for the evacuation of the Bachillerato and the ESO was carried out due to the heavy rains suffered throughout the morning, which flooded all the corridors and classrooms of the High School, claiming once again the necessary action of the reform that the center needs.[8]

Bibliography

  • GONZÁLEZ MARQUEZ, Juan Antonio (2007). Diputación Provincial de Huelva, ed. El Instituto La Rábida. 150 años de Educación y Cultura en Huelva. ISBN 978-84-8163-427-3.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "IES La Rábida (Huelva), distinguished as a Historical Institute of Education of Andalusia". Huelva Buenas Noticias, Periódico digital de Huelva y provincia centrado en informaciones positivas (in Spanish). 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  2. 1 2 "The IES La Rábida, a benchmark in Huelva education and architecture (In Spanish)". Huelva Buenas Noticias, Periódico digital de Huelva y provincia centrado en informaciones positivas (in Spanish). 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. 1 2 3 GONZÁLEZ MÁRQUEZ, Juan Antonio (2007). IES La Rábida (PDF). Huelva: Ruta del patrimonio educativo andaluz, INSTITUTOS CON HISTORIA (In Spanish). ISBN 978-84-8163-427-3. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ Márquez, Carmen (2016-12-02). "Antonia Arrobas, the student who broke down barriers (in Spanish)". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  5. ↑ 20Minutos. "They pay homage to the student who opened the access of the woman to the Baccalaureate in Spain (in Spanish) - 20minutos.es". 20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  6. ↑ Press, Europa (2007-03-02). "The Town Hall of Huelva inaugurates on Monday a new monument to Juan Ramón Jiménez on the 125th anniversary of his birth". europapress.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  7. ↑ "Tender for the project for the modernization work of the IES La Rábida (In Spanish)". Huelva Buenas Noticias, Periódico digital de Huelva y provincia centrado en informaciones positivas. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  8. ↑ "The Rabida Institute, evicted after suffering floods". Huelva24 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-06.
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