It will not be by chance that of the total 44 schools of the Escola Catòlica (ECIB), the majority employer of concerted education in the Balearic Islands, have all decided to sabotage the free choice of language in their centres by Do not include the box for Spanish as the primary language of instruction. on the registration form for the 4th year, which corresponds to three-year-old students.
The Bishopric of Majorca supports this decision, which it justifies by the pilgrim’s argument that it is not obligatory include on their registration forms the two boxes for Catalan and Spanish so that parents can choose freely and without interference the vehicular language in which their children will learn, so that parents who prefer Spanish and not Catalan as the first language of instruction are faced with the situation of having to request this expressly and in writing.
Of course, none of these schools made it clear to parents that free choice of language in preschool education is a priority. RIGHT which is guaranteed by Article 18 of the Law on Linguistic Normalization, which is clear: “Students have the right to receive their first teaching in their language, whether Catalan or Spanish. And it adds: “To this end, The Government must arbitrate the relevant measures to make this right effective. urging the relevant authorities to implement it properly. The water is clearer.
However, what these Catholic educational centers, supervised by the Church, have done is hide the existence of the law and the procedure for parents to exercise their rights. It is known that the Bishopric of Mallorca feels particularly comfortable with the Catalan dictatorship and has decided to become the best ally of Balearic separatism in its harassment of Castilian. May the parents of the students in these centers know how the Bishopric spends their money and act accordingly. Because hiding the law is very, very un-Catholic.
