The Association of Philosophy of the Basque Country, Agora, considers it "impossible" to respect the health and safety measures contained in the protocol of the Basque Government with the conditions approved by the Department of Education for the beginning of the course. The maximum ratios of the groups have not been reduced, which will lead to agglomerations. The ratio is 30 students in Bachillerato and 25 in Secondary – when the limit of accumulation of people established by the Basque Government in closed and open spaces is ten –. “Thus, the health conditions of students, workers and teachers and their families are being put at risk,” Agora said. Request more staff, in addition to teaching staff, cleaning personnel, administration staff and auxiliaries, “for cleaning/disinfection and the organization to be carried out properly”.

Deepening of cracks

The association has also focused on the gaps that can be deepened among the students. In this sense, he recalled that the resources allocated to students with special educational needs have not increased and that, on the contrary, some have been reduced. Programs like Hauspoa and Bidelaguna. They have lamented the "coup" of the Basque Government to the Irale programme in the Basque sphere, "when more is needed than ever". In general, philosophy teachers warn that “gaps (technological, sexual, linguistic gap, social exclusion…) can be even deeper”, and call for increased resources to address this.

Agora considers that education is strategic to build “a cohesive and egalitarian Basque Country”. To this end, he explained that resources are needed and that the entire educational community should work in a "coordinated and transparent manner". In the opinion of the association, however, the Basque Government is not working in that direction.