THE Valencian Generalitat decided delay voting in schools of the Community to choose the base language, Spanish or Valencianin which your children will study from the academic year 2025-2026.
This information was confirmed to EL ESPAÑOL by sources from the Department of Educationwho also assured that the vote will continue despite the delay.
The tragedy that struck the province of Valence after the passage of DANA not only affected the normality of many municipalities, but also resulted in the delay in numerous decisions and administrative procedures which were planned for the next few days.
Initially, the consultation process was open for participation from day one From November 26, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. to December 4, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.. Furthermore, the maximum deadline for publication of this definitive census has been set at November 25 inclusive.
THE results were to be published the same day December 12a date which will also be postponed. Concerning the consultation, it would be carried out by telematics means for everyone student registered in the educational center at any level of education, a legal representative will therefore be sufficient.
When the process is completed, they will be able to participate in the consultation legal representatives of students enrolled in public and subsidized private centers, in all courses in the second cycle of early childhood education, in all courses in primary education and in the first, second and third courses in secondary education OBLIGATORY.
Also in nursery schools and early childhood and primary education schools, in the third year of the first cycle of early childhood education, where this is offered, provided that the enrolled pupils can continue their schooling in the same center in successive years without having to participate in a new admission process.
For his part, pupils with special educational needseducated in special education centers or in specific units of ordinary centers, will participate in the teaching-learning processes in the co-official language common to their family environment or, failing that, in the co-official language in which they have a wider domain, according to the election of its legal representatives.
Consequently, the legal representatives of these students will communicate in the teaching center individually the language of their choice and will not have to participate in the consultation.
STEPV
After analyzing the project, the Union of Workers and Teachers of the Valencian Country (STEPV) note of “nonsense” and announced that he was studying it from a legal point of view in case it “violates current legislation”.
Among the problems reported by the union, it warned that this procedure “will result in an additional volume of work for educational centers which will have to prepare all the documentation for families during practically the entire month of November.”
Likewise, they must guarantee a space equipped with a computer with an Internet connection and with measures that “guarantee freedom and confidentiality“for families who request it.
The STEPV criticized the fact that “while it is necessary, on the one hand, to guarantee the confidentiality of the vote, on the other hand, the result will be made public with the list of students who opt for one basic language or another, so that all the families know what happened.”everyone voted”.
