The association We speak Spanish denounced “tricks» to students so that they cannot to be examined In Castilian despite the fact that the new law on educational freedom protects this right.
Among other forms of pressure to boycott the recently implemented standard that repeals the impositions of the previous one, some teachers threaten with delete note for the lack of spelling while if the student accepts the assessment in Valencian, he will not risk this penalty.
“In the instructions sent by the Ministry of Education to the centers at the start of the current 2024/25 school year, it is clarified that this article – the freedom to choose the language during exams and other evaluable activities and tests – has already come into force, which was celebrated by Hablamos Español because we fought a lot to achieve it”, they emphasize from this association that he chairs. Gloria Lake.
“However, we receive many complaints from families who see how their children’s educational centers tell them that there are no changes this year and that they cannot choose the language for the exams,” they indicate. , to locate the problem. In some schools they are told that “if they want their children to use Spanish, they must ask in advance, which is not indicated in the instructions and is a way of pushing them to give up “.
In this regard, sources from the Ministry of Education, Universities and Employment stressed that if it is not specified which are the specific centers in which these situations can occur, no action can be taken.
From Hablamos Español, they urge this department of the Autonomous Administration to “put the means through the Educational inspection to put an end to this type of discriminatory behavior. For its part, this association began to distribute official regulatory documents as “clarifying information” to centers and families, in addition to requesting their distribution to the media.
Finally, they highlight another detail that “would be of great help: that the declarations exams were written in both languages official”, a bilingualism which, in theory, is also guaranteed on paper. “We have had to work hard to obtain these improvements and we are not going to allow them to be stolen from us”, they add from Hablamos Español.
