"The Canary Islands urgently need a National Education Pact to get them out of the ICU." This was stated this Tuesday by the regional spokesperson for Ciudadanos (C´s), Melisa Rodríguez, who regretted that "once again the islands have one of the worst educational indicators in Science, Reading and Mathematics according to the Pisa report".
"The figures are clear and reflect that Education in the Canary Islands is not improving," Rodríguez pointed out, who has asked that "once and for all there be political and social consensus so that there can be a pact made by and for everyone," which allows "the Canary Islands to level educationally with the rest of the communities, and Spain with the rest of the Nordic countries."
In this sense, the regional spokesperson for C´s has reiterated that "a stable system is needed, and not a law that changes every four years," because she recalled that "Education is not, nor should it be, a matter of political colors."
For this reason, she has positively valued that "the first steps have already been taken in Congress with the creation of a subcommittee for the educational pact." However, she indicated that Ciudadanos "will not give up until the National Education Pact is a reality."
Rodríguez has also demanded that the Canary Islands allocate part of the funds that it is going to obtain for the spending cap authorized to the Autonomous Communities to Education, because "it is a right, and because Education cannot continue in the back of the line."
Likewise, the regional spokesperson for C´s has stated that "the Government of the Canary Islands has not done its homework in this matter," since in the next regional budget "only a tiny increase, of less than 3%, has been allocated to Education, while other items such as advice to the vice-presidency have increased by more than 50%"
