The votes reported in the educational community to choose between Valencian or Castilian as language of the education arouse concern among supporters of total and unconditional freedom of choice, such as the Teachers’ Platform for Linguistic Freedom, which warns against the influence of independence sectors. An alert that other entities, such as Hablamos Español, have also launched, denouncing “pressure on families” during meetings in certain educational centers.
“Consultation may be hampered, at present, by a lack of clarity, information or, directly, damaged by a bias from directives, cloisters and AMPA marked separatist leaning», corroborate the Teachers’ Platform for Linguistic Freedom.
According to their analysis, these sectors linked to the cause of the so-called “Catalan countries” “have been agitating for months already against the law and, now, against the right of parents to choose the language of study of their children”.
Furthermore, they contrast this implication in their assertions that language immersion should continue with the passivity of those who choose a priori to vote for Spanish education for their children, without these political connotations. “These professionals and the parents of detachmentnationalist They are, we experience it every day, a lot more activists than others, who prefer not to disturb others with reactionary essentialisms”, they say.
In this context, this entity created in 2019 in Alicante asks the Ministry of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment to provide “information” to families, as well as to “clarify that it is totally forbidden that educational centers in no way determine the meaning of the consultation, which must be free propaganda or acts in favor of one option or another.
Only with this neutrality can we guarantee respect for the parents’ feelings, in their opinion. “We are convinced that this could be a failed consultation due to its own complexity and also due to the misinformation or biased information that parents receive,” they warn.
Finally, in their declaration, they call for legal equality for all and compare themselves to those who oppose this consultation. “We continue to defend the fact that freedom of choicein accordance with the Constitution, is the only model that does not violate the rights of any Spaniard: we have no problem with the free discretion of the parents“We need to ask ourselves why others are doing it,” they add.
