Briefing
The Consejería de Educación y Formación Profesional of the Junta de Extremadura published on 10 October 2026 in the Diario Oficial de Extremadura the award of the Premios Extraordinarios de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria for the 2025/2026 school year has been announced. Six pupils from public schools in Extremadura are to receive awards; each prize is worth a one-off payment of 600 euros (3,600 euros in total), funded from the Autonomous Community’s 2026 budget.
The selection is based on the criteria set out in the publicly accessible resolution: an assessment of pupils’ school records to date (a grade average of at least 9.0) and the results of a centralised examination. The examinations were to cover Lengua Castellana y Literatura, Matemáticas and Primera Lengua Extranjera; they took place on 15 July 2026 The names of the award winners are listed in the annex to the resolution in the Diario Oficial de Extremadura.
Publication opens the period for appeals: a Recurso de Reposición may be lodged with the Consejería against the decision within one month; the administrative court route remains open thereafter. The resolution also specifies the budgetary provision for the payments and refers to the relevant procedural rules of the autonomous administration.
According to the call for applications, the Premios Extraordinarios at the end of compulsory secondary education publicly recognise particularly strong academic results and are intended to encourage pupils to continue their education. The regional administration had already formally set out the call and criteria in June 2026 and appointed the examination panel. The resolution now published concludes the process for the 2025/2026 school year, unless any appeals are successful.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).