The urgent thing is to end school dropout

It is surprising to say the least that in a country with

, one of the highest in the EU, there are those who are raising the possibility of increasing compulsory schooling from 16 to 18 years of age.

It is true that the initiative (backed in Spain by

) is endorsed by a recommendation of the European Parliament to improve the educational level of young people.

However, the educational reality of our country would require some changes pr

deep and structural to reduce early school leaving and not have to legislate, as it has done recently

, for the autonomous communities to grant ESO and Baccalaureate degrees

.

And, as the group of teachers has been denouncing for years, on many occasions it is difficult to retain in class 15-year-old students who have no interest in completing compulsory basic education. Spain cannot continue

.

A state pact is necessary that commits all parties to work for

capable of instructing students to be well-trained citizens in the future and laying the foundations for them to acquire sufficient knowledge and experience to enable them to compete in an increasingly globalized and demanding world of work.

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