- On Wednesday, the Basque Government set out how to finish the course in the Spanish State, but responded that it has its own plan: to open schools on summer holidays, for example, it has not approved that all students pass the course in the CAV, although it has warned that no one will repeat the course due to the coronavirus crisis.
What was agreed on Wednesday by the Minister of Education, Isabel Celaá, at the meeting held with the regional representatives of Education is not binding. The CAV, in exercising its powers, has already announced a plan of its own. “In the Department we have been working on our plan for some time and in it we will define how we are going to evaluate the students and what criteria we are going to do it,” explained Uriarte. In addition, he added that the plan will be transferred "shortly" to the educational community for approval.
Cloisters will decide
“In the Basque Country, no one is going to repeat the course for coronavirus, but that does not mean that all the students will pass the course. Two thirds of the course has already taken place in person, and the work of these months must be added to that. Each cloister, with their professional experience and judgment, will decide who surpasses and who does not,” they have said from the Department of Education. In any case, they have added that repetition will be an exception.
In summer, closed schools
Another point agreed at Wednesday's meeting was the possibility for the schools to open their doors on summer holidays thinking about students who need help. In view of this situation, Uriarte has ruled out that there may be a class in Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa in the month of July.