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Rural schools in danger of closure due to village depopulation
VANESSA MELGAR
...in Algatocín and Benarrabá. In Malaga province there are 12 of these rural schools, with 1,236 pupils and 184 teachers. Moreno, a former pupil of Sierra del Espino school, goes from village to village to give classes. "I travel about 30 kilometres ... a day," he says. "Sometimes you are held up and can't get to the next one on time, but in that case you ring to see if a colleague can go". At present there are nine pupils in Siete Pilas, with ages ranging from three to 11. Ana Arías says teachers