Toni Aguilar, new head of the Government's subsidized and private schools
He will replace Xavier Güell, who has submitted his resignation for personal reasons
BarcelonaEven though it is the middle of the Easter school holidays, the Department of Education has not gone even two days without a figure in charge of the General Directorate of State-funded and Private Schools. After the then Director General of the area, Xavier Güell, presented his resignation "for personal reasons" this Monday, this Wednesday the Government has appointed Toni Aguilar as the new Director General of State-funded and Private Schools. this Monday the then Director General of the area, Xavier Güell, presented his resignation "for personal reasons", this Wednesday the Government has appointed Toni Aguilar as the new Director General of State-funded and Private Schools.
Born in Mataró in 1970, Aguilar held management positions at the Escola Pia de Catalunya. Until now, he was the Director of Groups and Communities and previously held the strategic and support management for schools. Before that, he was also the managing director of Escola Pia Santa Anna Mataró. A philosophy graduate, the new Director General has also been part of the Council of Education of Catalonia as a representative of the managements of state-funded schools. He has also been a member of the Professional Association of Educational Services of Catalonia (APSEC) and of the Board of Trustees and Senate of the TecnoCampus of Mataró.
The Department of Education highlights that Aguilar is an "specialist in strategic management and leadership of educational center networks, in the supervision of institutional projects and educational governance" with a master's degree in education in values and education and ICT and a postgraduate degree in strategic management of educational centers.
Two changes in half a year
In less than half a year, two key areas within the Department of Education have changed leadership. Before Güell, last October, the secretary of educational improvement, Josefa Beltran, also left her position. She was replaced by Ignasi Giménez, who in recent months has been the visible face of the Government in the negotiations between Education and the unions. Furthermore, Güell's resignation has come at a time when the Minister of Education, Esther Niubó, remains away from her post for medical reasons. A leave that has already lasted two months and is being covered by the Minister of the Presidency, Albert Dalmau.
