Athletes from 21 different sports disciplines will study ESO and Bachillerato while they combine their day-to-day life with preparation for top-level competition.

The Institute of Secondary Studies (IES) of the Sports Technology Centre of the Balearic Islands (CTEIB) has received today the 117 students who will study the second cycle of ESO and Baccalaureate, combining academic activity with high-level sports preparation. In this new course, the CTEIB will have students who are outstanding athletes in athletics, basketball, cycling, men’s artistic gymnastics, women’s artistic gymnastics, judo, wrestling, motorcycling, swimming, artistic swimming, Paralympic swimming, canoeing, rugby, diving, taekwondo, archery, triathlon, sailing, volleyball and windsurfing.

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The Sports Technification Centre of the Balearic Islands starts the academic year with 171 students in ESO and Bachillerato

The educational offer of the IES CTEIB is complemented by three training cycles: technician in physical and sports activities in the natural environment; higher technician in teaching and social and sports animation; and higher technician in physical conditioning.

The manager of the Fundació per a l’Esport Balear, Eladi Huertas, recalls the importance of accompanying sportsmen and women in their training stage. ‘Having an education and building a plan for the future is essential for the correct personal and professional development of our athletes. Although today all of them are excelling in their sports, the reality is that in a few years, there will be few who will be professionally involved in sports, although our aim is that they never disassociate themselves from the world of sport and that they continue to be involved in one way or another.

The new management model of the CTEIB

This new academic year also starts with the beginning of the Govern de les Illes Balears’ commitment to a new management model of the CTEIB based on the athletes and to optimise the existing resources to achieve the best results. This new model, which will be implemented gradually, is based on six axes: athletes as a priority; optimisation of resources; equal opportunities; long-term excellence; objectivity and transparency; and quality before quantity.