In September, trade unions and educational agents have called for a safe return to schools in the educational community. In this regard, they have specified the number of contracts that the Government of Navarre and the Basque Government intend to carry out. The Government of Navarra has reported that 600 additional teachers have responded to the needs of the coronavirus. With regard to the Basque Government, Berria has announced its intention to increase by 669 the number of workers it intends to set up in the coming days. The Department of Education of the Basque Government has not specified the posts, but, according to Berria, the teachers will be assigned to the Basque public network. Above all, the areas of Euskera and digitisation.

The Government of Navarre, for its part, has indicated that a significant percentage of the new teachers will go to the public and the rest to the concerted schools. The Government has approved a budget of EUR 2.9 million for the recruitment of more teaching staff for the public network during this and subsequent years. That investment was picked up by a law passed in September. Measures to be taken from now on include the following: To reduce the working hours of educators over 57 years of age and increase the time spent in the direction of Early Childhood and Primary Education.

The trade unions, in relation to the meeting held on Wednesday with the Basque Government, have made assessments. Some complained. ELA, for example, noted that the Department of Education acted "unilaterally" and had no margin to negotiate criteria, measures and resources. LAB, for its part, pointed out that 669 teachers are not enough and that the Basque Government went to the meeting "with closed criteria".