Heated clash in EU Parliament over Catalan language immersion report
Progressive bloc seeks to delay debate, accuses conservatives of impartiality
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How Catalonia's education system works
With students all over the country returning to the classroom, we provide an overview of how Catalan schools function
Catalonia wants to end school quarantines before end of February
Government says "ideal scenario" is joint measure across Spain but it has power to adjust protocol alone
Authorities delay first day of school after holidays to January 11
Move intended to increase time between widespread family gatherings and return to classes
Catalan government bans social gatherings of over 10 people
Measure to be introduced both in public and private, restaurant curfew and restrictions on smoking remain
Catalan schools to hire 5,000 more workers due to coronavirus
Students will be divided into groups in which safety distances and masks will not be required
Schools in Phase 2 areas to open on June 1 but student attendance will be optional
Traditional lessons will have to wait till September as centers required to prioritize in-person learning in plans for next academic year
Constitutional Court backs language policy in Catalonia's schools
Judges endorse existing regulations on the use of Catalan in classrooms amid unionist accusations of "indoctrination"
Catalan should not be the only main language of instruction for small children, says Spain’s Supreme Court
The tribunal declares null and void the 2008 Catalan government decree which stated that Catalan “should be used as the language of instruction” for pupils between 3 and 6 years old. The Supreme Court also overturned the article that banned the separation of pupils for linguistic reasons and the one that established that teachers should guarantee that foreign pupils learn Catalan in order to achieve “rapid integration”. The Catalan minister for Education, Irene Rigau, says “all stays the same” because the education law is newer than the decree affected by the ruling and also states that Catalan is the language of instruction in Catalonia.