A second special application process for nursery places, launched by the Canary Islands government, is now underway. Families can use this process to apply for places in new early years education classes.
The procedure is to apply to the 2026-2027 school year, specifically to the first cycle of Educación Infantil (early years education) at schools under the Canary Islands Ministry of Education. The standard allocation process following the call for applications on 5 February has long since been completed, but new classes are due to open during the current school year. The Directorate-General for School Admissions is therefore allocating places for these classes separately and has set out the rules in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands. Parents can submit their application electronically or in person directly to the school of their choice.
The schools themselves provide information about their places throughout the process. They publish provisional and final lists, broken down into children who have been accepted, rejected and excluded, and in the event of a tie, the letter ‚C‘ determines the order of priority. Those who are offered a place must complete enrolment and apply for school meals at the relevant school. However, lessons in the new classes will not begin until the building work has been completed and the classrooms have been fitted out. A second government decision concerns the electricity grid on Tenerife: it paves the way for a project designed to secure the west of the island.
Tenerife: Drago substation in Icod de los Vinos approved
Red Eléctrica de España has been granted permission by the Canary Islands Government to build the new «Drago» substation in Icod de los Vinos, with a rated voltage of 66 kilovolts. The project also includes a medium-voltage line with a conductor cross-section of 150 square millimetres, as well as a private transformer rated at 250 kilovolt-amperes, which supplies power to the substation’s auxiliary services. The equipment is rated for up to 72.5 kilovolts and a short-circuit current of 31.5 kiloamperes. The relevant spatial and town planning regulations will be amended to accommodate the project as part of their first major revision. The decision can be read here.
The transmission grid, which supplies the Icod de los Vinos, Guía de Isora and Los Olivos substations, will be reinforced by the plant. According to the Canary Islands Government, this western zone accounts for 20 per cent of the island’s electricity demand. Even in the event of isolated outages or during periods of high demand, the existing grid there is insufficient. In 2022, the local council of Icod de los Vinos raised concerns, including about the impact on the landscape and the lack of details regarding water disposal and access.
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