Model D was implemented in Mendigorría’s school in 2015, after several petitions and struggles. But as explained by their parents at a press conference this Wednesday, during the 2020/21 year they are having difficulties in pre-enrolment of their sons and daughters in the Basque model: “Why don’t we have the same rights as other schools in the mixed area?”

As explained, in the absence of ten days to complete the term of prematurity, the Department of Education's Model D option disappeared, although this centre was considered as a reference centre. The parents have denounced that they have been given “contradictory instructions” and that if the Colegio de Puente la Reina was not chosen as a reference center “they would take away the dining room and the subsidy of transportation”.

According to the data offered in the press conference, 43% of the pre-registrations that take place in the next course in Mendigorría will be in model D, that is, those who would like to learn Basque would exceed the rest of the models: “We want to be part of the learning community and we believe that having another linguistic model means more wealth, more inclusiveness and more diversity,” they explained. They have therefore demanded that linguistic immersion be carried out “in one of Navarre’s own languages”.

They have been surprised and disappointed by the situation they are experiencing. As they have explained, many of them had to go to the Basque Country, or study in barracks, or leave outside the town to open a new line of Euskera. That's why they don't understand that their parents have to fight for the same thing that they did 30 years ago. “Hasn’t changed anything?” they ask.