Rosario Fariña, at 77 years old, was in charge yesterday of defending before the plenary session the motion presented by CC to eliminate the limitation of permanence in adult education, which was imposed by the Ministry of Education and which, this week, has announced that it will rectify. And it is that Rosario explained that she, and her companions, some like Severina, who is 86 years old, are part of that adult education that “makes us share spaces in which some learn to handle a mouse and others to write and read ” .
More than a thousand students are part of the Farola de Santa Cruz Adult Education Center (CEPA), of which some 300 are enrolled in the Initial Basic Training (FBI), which is the one affected by the permanence limit .
“If my grandchildren have to study for nine years to graduate from secondary school, with 25 hours a week, how do they expect older people, who can neither read nor write, to do so in four or five years with nine hours a week?” Rosario asked.
“It is not a waste to invest in our training, especially when the possibility of sharing this space with the rest of the students directly affects our health and well-being,” added Rosario. The motion was supported by all groups.
