Giving shape to our Educational Project, which encompasses the priority intervention axis of Internationalization at the level of the Strategic Development Plan, we aim to have determined students with a broad and open vision of the European space, capable of embracing new ways of being and living, always taking into account the identity pillars of our institution, namely: the person, the team, knowledge, participation and appreciation of learning, diversity, tolerance, democracy, solidarity and openness to society, values strongly based on respect for human rights, inclusion, sustainable development and equal opportunities. Since many of our students seek to continue their studies, the urgency of providing them with knowledge, organizational and social skills, preparing them for a global future, became clear to us. We also wanted to have competent teachers prepared for new challenges and capable of facing new post-covid19 problems with an impact on the mental health of our students. Pursuing our Internationalization objectives, we also sought new partnerships and the consolidation of relationships with current partners.
EPAR is a secondary professional school, certified with the Seal of Quality in Education, by the National Agency for Qualification, which provides double certification at level 4. It teaches courses in Management, Communication, Marketing, Public Relations and Advertising, Social Support, and more recently, Hairdressing. As part of our Educational Project, since 2018/2019, we have been developing, at the invitation of the Ministry of Education, the Curricular Autonomy and Flexibility project, whose objective is pedagogical innovation, implementing practices that aim to promote pluridocency, aiming at the values of inclusion, tolerance and intercultural dialogue and the dynamization of Clube Europa, which highlights the school's relationship with the European context and the relevance of belonging to the Europe space. The mission of this school is to "Train People" so that students develop their skills three-dimensionally, that is, in the academic, professional and also personal dimensions, privileging the close relationship between the entire educational community and stakeholders and learning cooperative through classroom training, project work, simulated practice and professional internships nationally and internationally.