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The State School Council , the highest advisory body of the Government in educational matters, will vote on several proposals next Tuesday on what can be done in the remainder of the course, given the scenario of a coronavirus pandemic and the suspension of classroom classes. In one of the draft proposals, he proposes not to move forward on the agenda and other measures to make it easier for students: he wants third-quarter evaluations, even if done electronically, to help recover if the first and second ones are suspended trimester.

He also wants the ESO and Baccalaureate degrees to be obtained simply by having a positive evaluation in the third quarter in 4th of ESO and in 2nd of Baccalaureate . Exceptional circumstances justify this kind of sweep with all of the above, which, in the case of Baccalaureate, will enable to carry out the Selectivity.

The draft also understands that classes or evaluations should not be prolonged in the month of July . Why? "It must be taken into account that teachers, students and families are making an effort to follow the course with online training; now they are not on vacation and the psychological burden they have had to bear also requires a normal time of rest. We must also take into account the inconveniences that this measure could entail for the scheduling of vacations and family reconciliation. "

The Permanent Commission of the State School Council has met this Tuesday electronically to analyze this document, which is subject to change. The summoned have summoned to see each other next Tuesday to vote for it and analyze other proposals. From now until next Thursday, the representatives of parents, teachers and students will make their contributions, according to sources present at the meeting. What comes out of Tuesday is not binding or obliges the Government to follow it, but it has its value because it summarizes the majority sentiment of the educational community.

Scenarios: to return or not to return before summer

The text that has been analyzed this Tuesday is the one that summarizes the majority of positions. The six-page draft argues that the suspension of face-to-face classes "has required a rethinking of teaching tasks and student work" and that is why it is pertinent that the School Council formulate some action proposals to the Ministry of Education and the Autonomous Communities so that there is a "better educational use by the students" and more efficiency in the teachers' work.

The experts propose three scenarios: that the face-to-face classes resume at the end of April, that they resume from May or that they cannot return in the remainder of the course to the classroom. For the first two cases, the text asks that no progress be made in the curriculum and the evaluation focus only on "programmed learning". The idea is that the work focuses on the "review" and the "repetition" of the contents and fundamental learning of each subject addressed from September to April. For this, the "fundamental learning will be adapted by the teachers from a reduction and condensation of the curricula".

In addition, it is stated that, if the evaluation of the third quarter is positive, "it will be understood as recovery of the previous ones for those students who had one or both insufficient".

In the event that the evolution of the pandemic advises not to return to class until the next course, the experts also propose not to advance on the agenda and that the evaluation of the third trimester make clean with the previous failures, although the exams are done from home, telematically.

Suspended titles

In addition, it raises an exceptionality to obtain the ESO and Baccalaureate degrees, which could be obtained simply by passing the evaluation of the third quarter, even if the previous two quarters were suspended. It is understood, in an extraordinary way, that this third evaluation would serve "as a recovery from the previous two and, consequently, will allow obtaining the degree".

The draft also calls for the course to be delayed as long as possible in June and for the recovery exams scheduled for late June or early July to return to September, as was the case before the 2016/2017 course. He rules out enabling July as a school period but urges "to make the most of the time of teaching activity in the month of June, be it at a distance or in person".

Finally, it calls for common criteria in the Selectivity: "It is requested that the competent educational authorities urgently fix the concrete structure and the EBAU agendas, following the same general criteria in all communities, to avoid possible discrimination."

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