Zero to three years of free education, something the right gave up on a few years ago, is today the big election promise of almost all parties before the elections. Only the far right does not mention this need in the election program.
The measures of the left bloc in education (PSPV, CompromÃs and Unides Podem) will advance in the social policies established since 2015. PSPV seeks to advance in Valencian-level homologations through compulsory education, and Podemos promises to reduce fees and provide more scholarships for university students. The purple party also offers to take a bite out of the compliant and bet everything on public education. All progressive parties agree on lowering rates and hiring more teachers to improve the quality of teaching.
The block on the right (PP, Vox and Cs) also proposes social measures such as PP’s “digital backpack”, electronic devices are also free for children (not all families need to have them). Interestingly, it is the only party to propose a mental health plan for the students of the six majors participating in the elections and ignore this issue of great concern among teachers. However, the right raises two major battles: the harmonious doctrine and the Valencian doctrine. The PP proposes that the existing decree regulating harmonized education be repealed in order to further expand this type of education that is out of reach of the public.
CompromÃs and PSPV propose a reduction in rates, and PP promises to further increase compliant education
division by language
Multilingualism is the other big point of contention on the right. Vox promises to directly repeal Valencia’s requirement to work in Public Administration.
For its part, the PP describes the 2018 Multilingualism Act as a “linguistic hoax” and also recommends repealing the law to reform the promotion of the Valencian language, which Botà nic plans to introduce in public schools. It will also approve a “shock plan to promote English” for students, especially in the early stages, which it shares with CompromÃs.
Continuing with language, both PP and Ciudadanos promise to guarantee families “freedom of choice” in the field of education they decide, as well as the language they choose.
Another point that almost all parties agree on is the expansion of the existing places of Official Language Schools, which is a situation that becomes especially evident with telematics teaching in each registration period.
Source: Informacion
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