SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 13 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister of Education of the Government of the Canary Islands, Manuela Armas, said this Tuesday that the drafts of the educational curricula adapted to Lomloe are “enough” to start the course apart from the fact that she does not see “concern” in the teachers.
“The normal thing is to throw away the drafts,” he pointed out, indicating that “teachers know what they have to do” and that the delay is due to the fact that the decree “is slow” and also participated, with teachers’ commissions. “The strategic lines are not going to change,” she commented.
He has indicated that “it is a more special course than others” that starts with more than 244,000 students –2% more in Vocational Training– and 26,479 teachers, some 2,600 more than before the pandemic, given that they have joined the staff who were hired to deal with the drop in ratios.
Part of this teaching staff, he indicated, will serve to increase the workforce in centers with lower economic incomes in order to help improve the equity of the system.
He has valued the increase in personnel in other departments such as hearing and language specialists, counselors and therapists and the new catalog of teachers, which has been updated 20 years later, as well as the reduction in teaching hours from 25 to 23 hours.
Armas commented that the PROA program “has been a success” and that the largest training action in history has been launched with teachers, which will lead 80% to certify their digital skills.
He also highlighted the increase in groups in vocational training, the increase in bilingualism and the “commitment” of the Government and companies with dual training, since the collaboration of 1,098 companies has increased to 1,373.
Carmen Hernández (NC-bc) has commented that it is a “different course” due to the application of Lomloe and the new Vocational Training Law and has asked herself “how” the fact that there are 2,600 more teachers will affect the educational system by consolidating the staff pandemic reinforcement.
He has indicated that the collection “serves” to hire more teachers and protect public services and that is the “difference” between the right-wing forces and the progressive ones, who seek “social justice.”
Hernández has valued the start of free education from zero to three years and now advocates taking a “giant leap” in FP to adapt the offer to the needs of the labor market.
ESPINO CRITICIZES THE “LACK OF FORESIGHT AND PLANNING”
Vidina Espino, of the Mixed Group, has criticized the “lack of foresight and planning” of the Ministry, since the teachers do not have the adaptation of the curricula to the new law, while at the same time she has warned of the difficulties of the families to deal with the inflation costs.
In this sense, he has proposed to elaborate some money cards with 100 euros per family to face the expenses derived from going back to school.
He has also warned that there are still “barracks” on the islands and that there are centers with enclave classrooms whose works have not been completed.
Melodie Mendoza (ASG) has recognized that the educational curricula are not approved and understands that it is “fundamental” that the Ministry of tranquility to the educational community, highlighting the increase in the number of teachers in coherence with the defense of public health by part of the government.
To deal with the costs of going back to school, he has requested the implementation of measures to help families and mitigate the effects of rising prices.
María del Río, from Sí Podemos, has highlighted the “normality” in the return to classrooms as the measures implemented against Covid-19 decline and the incorporation of 2,600 teachers to the staff of the Ministry, which will help lower the ratios .
He has highlighted the implementation of the Lomloe and the new FP law and has requested that the educational budget reach 5% of GDP.
THE PP SEES A “CHAOS” AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE
Lorena Hernández (PP) thanked Queen Letizia for opening the school year in La Palma and warned of the “chaos” suffered by teachers due to “late appointments” and the non-adaptation of educational curricula.
He also regretted that enclave classrooms are not yet available in many centers on the islands and that families are asked to pay a copayment to cover the costs of school supplies and personal hygiene.
Beatriz Calzada (CC-PNC) has said that Canarian families “are drowning” by inflation and there has been no “specific plan” to help with the costs, while regarding Lomloe she has insisted that the Ministry “had to have been more diligent” in approving resumes.
Ana González (PSOE) has pointed out that “accompaniment” will be needed to deploy the Lomloe and the FP law, but she has made it clear that the drafts have been available to teachers since June and will vary little. “The centers have not been helpless,” she commented.
