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The Government , the autonomous communities and the rectors of Spanish universities have agreed on Tuesday to postpone the university entrance test, scheduled to take place before June 19, after the coronavirus epidemic has forced to suspend face-to-face classes. The 217,000 students of 2nd of Bachillerato that this year appear to the ordinary call of the Selectividad are in suspense for what is going to happen with the evaluation.

The ministries of Universities and Education have met in a telematic way this with the representatives of the regional councils and the rectors of the Crue to study the delay of the also called EBAU or EVAU , as requested by several campuses; adaptation of enrollment calendars; or the postponement of the FP practices, which now cannot be done and are necessary to start. This situation of the FP affects approximately 398,000 students, according to sources from the Ministry of Education.

In the meeting, which lasted almost four hours, the Secretary of State for Education, Alejandro Tiana; the Secretary General of Universities, José Manuel Pingarrón; the general secretary of FP, Clara Sanz, and the general director of Evaluation and Territorial Cooperation, Consuelo Vélaz de Medrano.

During the meeting, the possibility of delaying and concentrating the practices was studied and "all the scenarios were analyzed to guarantee that no student is harmed by the suspension of face-to-face classes due to the coronavirus," according to sources from the Ministry of Education. , who have promised to take, in collaboration with the Ministry of Universities, "the necessary measures" so that students are as little affected as possible.

Some of the proposals that have been put forward these days have been to reduce the Selectivity agenda and not to examine the content that has not been taught (the Anpe union has proposed it) or to recover the classes at the end of the course (parents request it) de la Ceapa). The private education employers' association Cicae demands, for its part, to increase the school year by two weeks, which now ends in May, while the Student Union wants there to be no proof this year and that the average grade for the Baccalaureate becomes the grade. cut to access the University (now counts 60%). Canae students recommend deferring admission periods to universities.

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