Vocational Training Arrives in Pájara with the Opening of CIFP Morro Jable

The southern part of Fuerteventura finally has its own Integrated Center for Vocational Training (CIFP) for the 2025‑2026 academic year. The center was inaugurated by the Canary Islands Government’s Ministry of Education, Vocational Training, Physical Activity and Sports, headed by Poli Suárez.

The new CIFP Morro Jable offers twelve basic, intermediate and advanced groups across six vocational families, enrolling 118 students who no longer need to travel the 90 km to Puerto del Rosario. The center occupies the former primary school CEIP El Ciervo, whose pupils have been transferred to the newly built CEIP Morro Jable, a move the ministry describes as “optimising the resources available in the area.”

Vocational families and programmes

• Physical Activity and Sports
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Administration and Management
• Commerce and Marketing
• Food Industries
• Sociocultural Services

These programmes are intended to match the most demanded professional profiles on the island and to strengthen the link between education and employment.

Professional training and PAU exams in southern Fuerteventura

“Today the Canary educational system is a little more fair, providing young people in the south of the island the same opportunities to access vocational training as anywhere else,” said Poli Suárez during the opening ceremony, accompanied by Jéssica de León, the Councilor for Employment.

“When dialogue and willingness to resolve long‑standing demands exist, it becomes easier to find the formula that allows us to serve the whole educational community under the conditions it deserves,” Suárez added.

Suárez highlighted the opening of a PAU (University Access Test) venue in the south, enabling students to sit the exams in June and July without the need to travel to Puerto del Rosario.

“We have been in talks with the rector of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to make the facilities and staff available, so young people from this area no longer have to spend nights away from home for these exams,” explained the councilor.

Jéssica de León emphasized the broader impact:

“80 % of unemployed people lack training. This initiative reduces a historic inequality that forced southern students to move to the north for vocational studies. The new centre offers training aligned with the island’s most demanded profiles, which is essential for improving employability.”

Mayor Alejandro Jorge of Pájara thanked the regional government for providing diverse training pathways beyond hospitality, which had previously been the only option.

Investment in education on Fuerteventura

• The Canary Islands Government has earmarked over €4.6 million for educational projects on Fuerteventura during the current legislature.
• Approximately €1.8 million has been allocated to install shading structures at all secondary schools (IES) and at schools in the southern municipalities of Pájara and Tuineje.
• Ongoing works include upgrades to the CEIP Gran Tarajal, IES San Diego de Alcalá, and roofing works at CEIP Pájara and CEIP Cristóbal García Blairzy.
• An additional €409,479.09 (jointly with the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Energy) will fund photovoltaic installations and thermal sensors across all IES on the island.
• Under the #EcoDigEdu territorial cooperation program, more than 6,000 digital devices—laptops, tablets for special‑needs classrooms, audio‑visual systems, and multimedia cameras—are being deployed to modernise teaching and learning.

The visit also included other officials: Vice‑Minister of Vocational Training Francisco Rodríguez Machado, Director General of Infrastructures Iván G. Carro, Island Director Yurena Pérez, and the Cabildo’s Minister of Education and Youth Adargoma Hernández, together with representatives of the local educational community.

Wider context

• 47,000 students are enrolled in vocational training across the Canary Islands for 2025‑2026, an increase of 1,600 over the previous year and 3,700 since the start of the legislature.
• The sector now comprises 2,600 groups (84 more than last year) taught by nearly 4,000 teachers in 175 public centers, supported by 30 prospectors who liaise with companies for student internships.
• 516 places are reserved for adapted vocational training programmes targeting young people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities (ages 16‑20) and adults with disabilities of 33 % or more (ages 21‑30), with a reduced class size of 12 students per room.

Four additional integrated vocational centers have opened this year in Valverde (El Hierro), San Sebastián de La Gomera, Santa María de Guía, and Telde (Gran Canaria)—the first of their kind on El Hierro and La Gomera—marking a historic step toward island‑wide access to quality training without the need to relocate.

The opening of CIFP Morro Jable represents a concrete step toward equitable, locally‑relevant education on Fuerteventura, aligning training with labour‑market needs and reducing geographic barriers for students in the island’s southern municipalities.