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The Executive is experiencing its worst crisis with the educational community despite having fulfilled promises such as free P-2 and lower ratios in P-3
A education quality, equitable and inclusive. It was the investiture commitment of Pere Aragones. From the outset, the Government’s budgets for 2022 allocated an item of 6,681 million euros to the Department of Education, a figure that represents an increase of 1,009 million euros, 17.8% more, compared to the 2020 accounts. highest item in the history of the department and the second highest of the ‘conselleries’ of the Executive in this exercise. Funds that will cover two star promises of the ‘president’ in educational matters: free P-2 and the reduction of ratios in P-3. Promises that will already be realities this course 22-23.
Paradoxically, despite the budget increase and these fulfilled promises, the Govern de Aragonès is experiencing one of the worst crises with the educational community. Crisis that has come from the hand of the head of Education, Josep González-Cambraytarget of the wrath of the teachers, upset with the ways of the ‘conseller’, whose dismissal they have unsuccessfully asked for. The surprise advancement of the start of the school year, without prior consultation with the educational community, added to the fatigue of teachers after two years of the pandemic, have been the trigger for a revolt that calls for reversing the cuts in education. The conflict remains open, with strikes called, despite the fact that the Government insists that it is already putting in place the means to progressively reverse these cuts.
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Another open front is that of the judgment of the TSJC which obliges Catalan schools to teach the 25% of classes in Spanish. The interlocutory that gives a period of 15 days to execute the sentence, already appealed by Educació, has further stressed the schools, pending whether the Government gives them instructions and legal coverage. The Executive is working on it these days after the attempt to modify the language policy law ran aground after JxCat took off. Now, the Government channels an agreement that will include a law to protect Catalan and a decree law that specifies the armor. At the same time, it is also finalizing a crash plan to increase the use of Catalan in the classroom.
In the field of universities, the Government has continued to make progress in lowering fees and increasing places in degrees such as Nursing or the master’s degree in teacher training. And, after the publication in EL PERIÓDICO of the MeToo complaint at the university, the Consell Interuniversitari has accelerated the review of the gender violence protocols.