On Thursday, the Basque Parliament will vote on the amendments drafted by the political parties to the draft Education Act by the Basque Government, after the Federation of Ikastolas gave its opinion yesterday on these amendments by a note. The Federation of Ikastolas has been concerned about the risk of legislative “setbacks” in the Basque Country, and they have called for “fixing” themselves in the consensus shown by both educational agents and political parties in this area: “To remove the amendments that open the door to doubt and the possibility of withdrawal.”

One of the points of the amendment tabled jointly by the PNV and the PSE-EE is entirely related to the Basque Country, as they propose to maintain the system of linguistic models. In view of this, the ikastolas have claimed that the linguistic models do not Euskaldunizan and have stressed the need for a model that has overcome them.

The ikastolas have claimed in a note that more concretion and information is needed in the theme of the Basque: “The situation of the Basque country needs strong and effective language policies and it is time to take the leap.” Thus, he has asked political parties to act “responsibly” and “bravely” to address the real transformation that the education system needs.

On the other hand, it has coincided with the need for a “deeper concretion” of the public education service, and has observed “with good eyes” that the cooperative model of ikastolas be considered. In this sense, the Ikastolas Confederation has recognized that the bill has “important steps”, but reaffirms the need to be “more daring”.

In this sense, the ikastolas coincide with the gratuity with what the bill establishes: “We believe that the amendment that makes it clearer and firmer that the financing of the concerted centres is linked to compliance with the conditions, principles or criteria contained in the law.”