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education reform
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63% to back independence if Catalonia does not have greater self-government within Spain
Society
Privately-owned school: “we choose to teach in Catalan because we are deeply rooted to this country”
Society
Courts request Catalan schools to teach “at least 25%" of the mandatory subjects in Spanish
Politics
All the Autonomous Communities not run by the People’s Party reject the Education Reform
Society
Supreme Court insists Spanish must be teaching language if requested by one pupil
Society
Spanish Government defends teaching a single history of Spain
Politics
Unions and municipalities criticise the Spanish Government for not reducing its structure
Society
Number of Catalan speakers rising despite adverse context
Politics
Catalonia, the Basque Country, Andalusia, Asturias and the Canaries oppose the Spanish Government’s Education Reform
Politics
The Catalan Executive expects the Spanish establishment to make an offer regarding Catalonia’s self-government
Politics
The Spanish Parliament approves the Education Reform against Catalan school model with only the PP’s votes
Society
Wert does not change his Education Reform proposal and the Catalan Government “totally rejects” it
The Spanish Education Minister, José Ignacio Wert, refuses to modify his Education Reform that will relegate the Catalan language in schools and re-centralise power. However, “technical improvements” could be included during the parliamentary debate. The Catalan Government “totally rejects” the current proposal as Wert “has not changed a single comma” despite the talks. Wert, famous for stating two months ago that he wanted “to Hispanicise Catalan pupils”, is pushing for a reform that will break Catalonia’s education model, which has been in place for more than 30 years. The Catalan school model guarantees knowledge of both Spanish and Catalan and it has been praised for fostering bilingualism and social cohesion by international organisations. The reform faces strong objections in Catalonia.
Society
Wert does not change his Education Reform proposal and the Catalan Government “totally rejects” it
The Spanish Education Minister, José Ignacio Wert, refuses to modify his Education Reform that will relegate the Catalan language in schools and re-centralise power. However, “technical improvements” could be included during the parliamentary debate. The Catalan Government “totally rejects” the current proposal as Wert “has not changed a single comma” despite the talks. Wert, famous for stating two months ago that he wanted “to Hispanicise Catalan pupils”, is pushing for a reform that will break Catalonia’s education model, which has been in place for more than 30 years. The Catalan school model guarantees knowledge of both Spanish and Catalan and it has been praised for fostering bilingualism and social cohesion by international organisations. The reform faces strong objections in Catalonia.
Politics
Agreement in Catalonia to stand by the Catalan school model despite the Spanish Government’s reform
The parties supporting the current school model, representing 80% of the new Catalan Parliament, and Catalonia’s School Council – with all the stakeholders – have met to decide upon a consensual answer to the Spanish Government’s Education Reform relegating the Catalan language and centralising competence. The meeting ended with a consensual decision to stick to the current Catalan Education Law if the Spanish Executive does not change the spirit of its reform and continues to insist on breaking up the school model that has been in place for more than 30 years. Cancelling the linguistic immersion model would mean splitting Catalan society into two language communities, which is absolutely not acceptable to the wide majority of Catalans. The current model has been validated twice by the Spanish Constitutional Court and is based on Catalonia’s Statute of Autonomy which was approved via referendum.