Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences of Pontevedra

The Faculty of Education and Sport of Pontevedra is a faculty of the University of Vigo founded in 1999 in Pontevedra, Spain, and based at the A Xunqueira campus. History The current Faculty of Education was born out of the Pontevedra Teacher Training College (for men), which was created in 1845. Its first location was the former College of the Society of Jesus. In 1860, the Pontevedra Female Teacher Training College was created. It was the first school for female teachers in Galicia and was also located in the former Jesuit College. Later, from 1881 to 1930, it was located in the pazo García Flórez. The men's school then moved to the pazo de Mugartegui. In 1896, on the Gran Vía de Montero Ríos, construction began on the large eclectic building designed by the architect Arturo Calvo Tomelén for the School of Arts and Crafts, which was inaugurated in 1901 and later housed the Mixed Teacher Training School of Pontevedra. The school was located in the Gran Vía de Montero Ríos building and remained a normal school until the Spanish General Education Act of 1970 stipulated that normal schools would be integrated into universities as university normal schools for basic general education (EGB). In 1972, the Normal School of Pontevedra was integrated into the University of Santiago de Compostela by Decree 1381/1972, of 25 May, in its article 2, and took the name of University Normal School of Basic General Education of Pontevedra. Thus, the modern educational establishment has its origin in the University School of Basic General Education of Pontevedra, which was integrated into the University of Santiago de Compostela and was located on the south bank of the Lérez River, in Buenos Aires Avenue. During the 1993–1994 school year, the specialities of physical education, musical education, primary education and pre-school education began to be taught at the Pontevedra school, authorised by Decree 26/1993, of 11 February, of the Regional Ministry of Education, in its article 2, in accordance with Royal Decree 1440/1991, of 30 August, which established the official university diploma of school teacher, in its different specialities.