Last Saturday, April 21, Royal Decree-Law 14/2012 appeared. In short, it tries to rationalize public spending in the educational field. Of course, for someone who works on the front line of teaching, accustomed to ...
Last Saturday, April 21, Royal Decree-Law 14/2012 appeared. In short, it tries to rationalize public spending in the educational field. Of course, for someone who works on the front line of teaching, accustomed to daily calibrating which factors improve the training of boys and girls, this rule has been a cold shower. For example, how can individual learning difficulties be addressed in a ESO group with 36 students, as is now set.
What quality proposals can be made in a Technology workshop, in a laboratory, in a Computer Science classroom, with that number of students? It is true that we are in the midst of a serious economic crisis, but the fundamental question is whether it is ethical to cut the training of the weakest generations. Especially, knowing that these measures will have a more serious impact on the most disadvantaged classes.
For university students, with the restriction on the granting of scholarships and the increase in tuition fees, things are also made more difficult for them. Two measures that, as before, will mainly affect sectors with fewer economic resources. De facto, this turns Article 27 of the Spanish Constitution into dead letter, which establishes that public authorities will guarantee everyone's right to education. As a society, we must choose which things should be untouchable in difficult times; if we choose education, we are betting on a society, a priori, with the same opportunities for all, but also on a powerful factor of economic growth.
The working conditions of teachers also suffer, with teaching hours increasing by two. Now, student learning is essentially achieved through creative activities. But these take time for reflection at home. That is, teaching is not a matter of quantity, but of quality; which will deteriorate if we do not properly weigh how, legislatively, we distribute the teacher's working hours.
In addition, Mr. Wert has also made it more difficult for high school students, FP and teacher replacements. In short, the five hundred people who took to the streets of Arrecife last May 22 have sufficient reasons to be concerned about educational cuts.
