The Bicácaro programme, promoted by the Vice-Ministry of Equality and Diversity, trained 1,882 teachers during the 2025/2026 academic year. Additionally, it launched a pilot experience in youth centres.
The Vice-Ministry of Equality and Diversity, part of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Childhood and Families of the Government of the Canary Islands, has reviewed the Bicácaro programme, which trained a total of 1,882 teachers across the islands during the 2025/2026 academic year. The initiative, now in its sixth year, offered 124 training actions aimed at teachers, families, and non-teaching staff, adapting the content to the needs of each group.
The activities took place across all the islands of the archipelago, except for La Gomera and La Graciosa, and covered seven thematic areas, including gender diversity in the classroom, co-education, new masculinities, the 'machosphere', and comprehensive sexual education. According to the evaluation conducted at the end of the actions, participants rated the content very positively, considering it useful and necessary to address the realities faced by minors in the educational environment.
The Bicácaro programme has expanded its offerings to all educational stages, following an initial phase focused on Early Childhood Education and Vocational Training. Teacher training has become a key axis for promoting a culture of equality and respect for diversity in Canary Island schools, in collaboration with the Area of Equality and Affective Sexual Education of the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training, Physical Activity and Sports.
During the 2025/2026 academic year, the programme took a further step by launching a pilot training experience in Comprehensive Sexual Education in youth centres. This initiative, developed since May in five centres across the archipelago, trained 70 professionals from various associations and institutions and involved 89 minors.
The pilot project, driven in collaboration with the General Directorate for Child Protection and Families, aims for continuity and is expected to gradually extend to centres across all the islands. This reinforces the commitment of the Government of the Canary Islands to promote equality, diversity, and comprehensive sexual education adapted to various intervention areas.
Training in equality and diversity has become a fundamental tool for Canary Island teachers to respond to the needs of students in a changing social context. The Bicácaro programme, with six years of experience, has established itself as a reference point in the educational community of the archipelago.
For the upcoming academic year, it is expected that the training offerings will be maintained and even expanded, with the aim of reaching more centres and professionals. The pilot experience in youth centres is also expected to be extended, allowing more minors and professionals to benefit from this specialised training.
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