Madrid, Spain -31 March 2017 - "Basic Professional Training is crucial for us. We believe it is a very good way of helping pupils to recover. These are the words of Ismael Sanz, Director General of "Innovation, Burses and Aid to Education" of the Community of Madrid, announced on 31 March in the Provincial House of the Salesian Province of St James the Greater (SSM). The announcement was made during a Teachers' Training Meeting for teachers of Basic Training (FPB). There were about 70 teachers from various colleges of the autonomous communities of Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla-Leon. The schools of the SSM Province offer 102 training cycles of Basic Professional Training with 1,700 pupils and 160 professors.