Research on Initial Professional Qualification Programs' students. The base line for the Basic Professional Training program?

The Spanish educational system designed, about a decade ago, a special program for, mainly, those students who failed in compulsory Secondary Education, the program was called Initial Professional Qualification Programs. The aim of this paper is gathering the most significant research results and information about the program. That knowledge could improve a better design for this vocational and educational program. The theoretical review developed has shown that there are multiple and complex reasons to explain school failure. Some of them are not only responsibility of the students; Spanish educational system is criticized as the frequent changes on its policy. On the other hand, some advantages are all also acknowledged. Considering a necessity to improve the program, this dissertation tries to make a contribution in that sense.