The person responsible for applying the 25% Spanish quota in Catalan schools resigns

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  • Maite Aymerich announces her resignation as Director General of Curriculum to return to local politics in Sant Vicenç dels Horts

The general director of Curriculum and Customizing the Department of Education of the Generalitat, Maite Aymerich, announced this Monday via Twitter that leave office, from which he had the responsibility of linguistic model on the Catalan school and now the one to apply the quota of 25% of Castilian ordered by the Supreme Court. Aymerich will go on to dedicate himself to local politics in his municipality, Sant Vicenç dels Horts, of which she was already mayor between 2015 and 2019. Now she will act as spokesperson for Junts per Sant Vicenç, a group linked to ERC.

“I am closing my stage as general director of the Department of Education, a stage that has allowed me to face great professional challenges and contribute to the educational transformation of this country,” she explained in a video. “And I do it to be able to dedicate myself with all my energy to our municipality and to be able to concentrate on Sant Vicenç dels Horts. To make myself available to citizens and make Sant Vicenç prosper and be a first-class municipality,” he added. Aymerich has admitted that leaving Educació “has not been an easy decision” but he has taken it “with enthusiasm” and with the “conviction” of being able to collaborate in the “transformation of Sant Vicenç”.

At the head of the General Directorate of Curriculum, Aymerich was responsible for, among other things, promoting and promote the multilingual model of the Catalan educational system and guide the educational action of Catalan centers. It was also in charge of organizing the curriculum for infant, primary, secondary and high school education, specifying the basic competencies and the contents of each educational level.

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His resignation occurs just a few days after the Supreme Court ruling ratifying the judgment of the TSJC which sets a quota of 25% of Spanish in Catalan classrooms and in full controversy over the application of this resolution.

This same Monday, the representatives of the Central Boards of Directors of Primary and Secondary Education Centers of Catalonia have assured in an appearance in Parliament that “they will comply with current legislation”. with regard to the Supreme Court’s resolution. Arturo Ramírez Varela has been in charge of setting the position, which has been very clear: “We will comply with everything determined by current legislation.”



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