A new protest platform…Families pel Valence‘- was established for claim the teaching of Valencian in classrooms and in its manifesto distributed on the web makes a particular comparison, an analogy in which the use of Castilian would be assimilated to adisease“. Literally.
As an argument to demand that it is not the mothers and fathers of the students who vote and decide on the language of instruction for their children – as established by the new Law of educational freedom, but that they are the teachers and other experts use this parallelism which alludes to health.
“The law leaves it to families to choose the proportion of subjects that each language will cover during the educational stages,” they corroborate, regarding the essence of this new regulation of the autonomous government of Carlos Mazón.
“But this decision, which falls within the educational domain, should be in the hands of professionals teachers, linguists and pedagogues”, according to him. And they interpret that we must “trust the professionals in the sector”. education how we trust him health personnel prescribe the best remedy for diseases“.
After this surprising comparison of two domains that have little to do with each other, this platform claims the repeal of the new law because it does not trust the criteria of parents in this authentic “referendum» which has started to be offered in certain educational centers and will be offered in the rest before the end of the year.
“Be that as it may, behind the name “educational freedom” lies a trap“No one guarantees us that the families’ decision will be respected, since everything will depend on all the votes and distributions carried out by the Department.” Difficult to understand if when voting, the majority is not the most democratic expression, in addition to not taking into account the fact that what is voted on is the vehicular language, the basis of the teaching of the main subjects, and not the learning of Valencian, as a language subject. And other nearby educational centers can offer the line in Valencian, as it existed for decades until the application of the Multilingualism Law in the last eight years, with its imposition.
From the outset, they invite mothers and fathers to choose this language during these future and imminent votes and emphasize that they have already 4,800 signatures support for their demands. “We want families to realize how enriching it is for our children and how important it is for the future of the language to tick the Valencian box when the Administration does “the consultation» [entrecomillado]», They affirm, among other objectives, in this manifesto distributed exclusively in Valencian.
