SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 11 May. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Parliament of the Canary Islands has unanimously approved a Proposal Not of Law (PNL) in which the Government of the Canary Islands is urged to negotiate with the Government of Spain, within six months and before the end of the year, the transfer to the Autonomous Community of the Infant and Primary Religion teachers, as well as the administrative staff.
The deputy Beatriz Calzada (CC-PNC-AHI) indicated that in the Canary Islands there are about 700 teachers of Religion for Infants and Primary in public schools that continue to depend on the State. Calzada recalled that in 2013, the Government of Spain proposed to the autonomous communities the transfer of this teaching staff, but eight years later the State has still not carried out this transfer.
Beatriz Calzada pointed out that it is not about opening a debate about whether Religion classes are yes or not, but rather about guaranteeing the rights of Pre-school and Primary teachers in the Canary Islands, as well as the rest of the other subjects that are included in the curriculum of these educational stages.
According to the deputy, the Government must now complete this process to give equal opportunities and treatment to teachers, understanding that the best way to regulate the working conditions of these teachers is to depend on the Educational Administration on which the educational centers where they carry out work depend. their work, also putting an end to duplicities in the management of this teaching staff.
He also added that the transfer of the teaching staff of Infant and Primary Religion must be accompanied by the financial resources necessary for the Autonomous Community to receive said transfer under the appropriate conditions.
The popular deputy Poli Suárez, for his part, urged the Government to get “the batteries” to meet the deadlines and the need for this transfer, and proposed a transactional amendment in voce so that the transfer of personnel is also added. administrative.
The spokeswoman for the Mixed Group, Vidina Espino, stressed that this NLP aims to resolve a situation of “injustice” due to the difference in treatment that Religion teachers have with respect to their peers, which is why she urged that this transfer be negotiated and carry out effectively.
Melodie Mendoza, from ASG, explained that they have been working on this issue for some time and the transfer process is “very advanced” and “very soon” the “comparative grievances” that affect this group will cease to exist. She hoped that this process would end as soon as possible, preferably before the end of the year, and that the group, after new years, see their demands satisfied.
On the part of Sí Podemos Canarias, Manuel Marrero reiterated that the transfer to the Autonomous Community of the Infant and Primary Religion teachers is in the process of being completed, but he maintained that religious beliefs must be part of the private sphere and not of the public educational system. .
Carmen Hernández (NC) stressed that it is a “fair and legitimate” proposal in which the Government of the Canary Islands, through the Ministry of Education, has already been working to resolve it, and added that it only remains for it to materialize as soon as possible to put an end to a problem that has been “entrenched” for nine years.
Finally, the socialist deputy Patricia Hernández defended that this transfer is “in the pipeline”.
