This year we are launching a new education law, LOMLOE known as Celaá law, it will only be implemented in odd courses, which are the ones that start the cycle. It brings important novelties: teaching by competences is consolidated (mastering basic knowledge and applying it to daily life), an issue already assumed by most OECD countries, there is a tendency to eliminate repeating a course, as it is considered an ineffective measure, religion becomes a non-scoring subject for the academic record (it cannot be otherwise in a state that proclaims itself secular), recovering the subject of Civic and Social Education. In addition, the different itineraries and modalities of baccalaureate are diversified.
It is the eighth general education law of our democracy and has been approved without consensus, like all of them. Thus, it is highly probable that when the central government changes its political sign, it will be repealed. It is clear that agreements are needed on this sensitive and important issue. Laws must be given continuity so that they enable long-term educational development, which is hindered by frequent changes.
To implement it, it is necessary to specify the curricula at the regional level for primary, secondary and baccalaureate. Starting the course, they are not yet ready, nor has the teaching staff been involved in their preparation this time.
The old problem of ratios (number of students per classroom, the reduction of which improves the effectiveness of teaching) remains pending. We are facing a great opportunity, as the increase in teachers due to the pandemic and the low birth rate serve this reduction in ratios on a silver platter. Educational resources and the permanent training of teachers should not be neglected, it would help to create a teaching career project.
The return to school is proving more expensive than other courses, as inflation reaches all sectors. We must not forget that there are textbook gratuity programs, the implementation of electronic books, whose price is much more affordable, is increasing, the recycling of school supplies is increasing, the
dining rooms are subsidized and the volume of scholarships has increased. We are fortunate to live in a country where education at compulsory levels and even beyond is free. The main cost, which is the education itself, is assumed by the state. Even so, we should be concerned about the 11% of students who are at risk of exclusion.
We are talking about the formation of new generations, a matter of capital importance in any society. In a globalized and increasingly competitive world, a good education is essential; only in this way can we face the future with certain guarantees. All the effort dedicated is little.
Quoting Don Quixote we would say ¡Green things Sancho! I add………. Like the
training of our young people does not combine all efforts.
