We reaffirm that it is time to rethink the Basque educational system
- On December 14, the agents of Euskal Eskola Publikoa Harro Topagunea gave a press conference in Donostia. The press conference had two objectives: on the one hand, to present the Topagune and on the other, to demonstrate the need to rethink the Basque educational system that generates segregation. Following the echo and interpretations that our message has had in recent days, we reiterate:
1.Desde Euskal Eskola Publikoa Harro Topagunea calls on the Basque Public School, because it is the only school that is for everyone and everyone. We want to value its value, increase the adherence of Basque society to it and place it at the centre of the educational system, as the only public service. A system based on the Basque language immersion model, free, secular, inclusive, committed to diversity and co-education, based on equality and quality, which guarantees the integral education and social cohesion of all students since their birth.
2º The Basque Public School Harro Topagune denounces that this dual educational system (public-private) in the CAPV reproduces and expands social segregation, as they are mainly concentrated in the public network both students of low socioeconomic status and of foreign origin. This segregation is a direct consequence of the privatization trend.
3.Queremos combat the privatisation of the education system. We demand and demand from the Administration the necessary resources and planning to overcome the serious segregation and social breakdown of the organization and functioning of the current dual system.
4.Como we want to build a society based on cohesion and offering equal opportunities to all people, we call for effective measures to be taken in the education system. Among other things: to prohibit illegal economic fees charged to families by non-public educational establishments; to ensure a balanced enrolment of students; to provide private establishments with a permanent legal framework to make them public; to plan to ensure social cohesion, etc. In this regard, we are calling directly on the Basque Government, from the moment that it is the most responsible and an indispensable agent with the capacity to transform.
The Basque Public School consists of Harro Topagunea:
Platforms of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Oion, Bilbao, Santurtzi, Oarsoaldea, Astigarraga, Donostialdea, Lasarte-Oria, Communities of the Basque Public School of Ordizia.
EHIGE, HEIZE, GOIESKOLA
Ikasle Sindikatua, Ikasle Ekintza, Gazte Komunistak, Ikasle Abertzaleak,
Steilas, LAB, ELA, CCOO
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