Nine autonomies will facilitate the students in the final stretch of the school year due to the coronavirus

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At least nine autonomous communities will provide facilities to students in the final stretch of the school year. They consider that an extraordinary situation such as the absence of face-to-face classes due to the coronavirus requires exceptional measures and, although they reject the general approval, as has been raised in Italy, they have already decided that they are either going to reduce content, or they will not advance on the agenda , or they will evaluate only the subject taught in person, or what is given from now on will only serve to raise the grade, not to lower it.

The Secretary General for Education, Alejandro Tiana , met yesterday by videoconference with the educational representatives of the CCAA to "address the prospects for the end of the course" in the current health crisis. He asked them to send him information on what measures they plan to take in order to unify positions at the Sector Conference that next Wednesday, Minister Isabel Celaá will hold with the councilors.

ELMUNDO has contacted all the ministries and nine already know what they are going to do: Madrid , Catalonia , the Valencian Community , Murcia , the Canary Islands , Asturias , Aragon , Cantabria and the Basque Country . Most hope to return to the classroom course, even if it is for a few days, and recognize that adjustments will have to be made in the third quarter, which, to a greater or lesser extent, involve changing the existing system to be sympathetic to the difficulties that a large part of the students to continue with the classes.

MADRID

The counselor Enrique Ossorio (PP) rejects the general pass because "it is harmful and harms the students." He wants to send "a message of effort to the students", but he rules out enabling school days in July, since, he argues, the State School Council recommends "extreme June to the maximum".

In Primary , the idea is to go more towards the "deepening of learning" already acquired; that is, "it is not intended to give anything new" of content. In Secondary , however, you do want to "advance in content", especially in 4th of ESO and 2nd of Baccalaureate, because they are the courses that lead to a degree, always as far as possible and without harming students with more difficulties. The teachers are going to take into account the "exceptional circumstances" in which the students find themselves, but in these Secondary courses "they cannot be eternally reviewing what they gave in the first and second trimesters," say the sources consulted.

The Madrid Ministry of Education is against the recommendation of the State School Council that says that a pass in the third evaluation serves to recover the previous two if they are suspended. It should be the other way around. The first and second evaluations have been ordinary, the exceptional is the third, "indicate these sources.

CATALONIA

The conseller Josep Bargalló (ERC) said yesterday in the Ser that "it will be transferred to the centers that everything that is done from now on should never subtract the student, it must be to assess positively". Schools and institutes "will count until March 12." Is this a general pass? “The general pass is an outdated concept. If you ask me if the course ended on March 12, I will say no, if you ask if students will be suspended in what is done after Easter, I will say no. In between there is an accompaniment to the students, to maintain the habits of reading and work ... It is necessary to emotionally accompany the students ».

VALENCIAN COMMUNITY

Secretary General Miguel Soler sent a letter to the educational community on Tuesday in which he advocates "reinforcing and consolidating the learning carried out in the first two quarters of the course." The letter from the tripartite government (PSOE-Podemos-Compromís) asks teachers not to demand the same aspects of the curriculum as during a classroom period. Regarding the evaluation, “it will be adapted to the teaching process that has been carried out throughout the course, taking into account the time that we have been in non-classroom educational activity and that not all the students have had the same conditions of access to the curriculum or support that he has while developing the face-to-face educational activity ».

BASQUE COUNTRY

The counselor Cristina Uriarte (PNV) told Radio Euskadi yesterday that she does not rule out returning to face-to-face activity, although she warned that "it will have to be different" because "the curricular materials will have to be adapted, taking into account the most essential content for finish the course, see how to finish the evaluation based not only on face-to-face evaluations, if you go back to the end of the course, but taking into account all the work that has been done ».

CANARY ISLANDS

Marisa Collado , general director of Personnel of the Ministry of Education, explains that the idea is "not to add new content" and "to try to reinforce what has been learned during the six months in which there has been a classroom session". The evaluation will be only on what was given in the first two quarters. In the Canary Islands Government (PSOE-UP-NC-ASG) they study as a possibility that the whole part of the third term curriculum is incorporated at the beginning of the next course.

MURCIA

The counselor Esperanza Moreno (PP) explains to EL MUNDO that her position is "to advocate for the evaluation of the students but only on the contents taught in person". That is to say, only those given until March will enter the exam because "the effort must focus on reinforcing what has been learned and basic skills." The centers, yes, can continue to advance on the agenda, "but that content would not affect the final grade." The third trimester will start next week "and that return to work would have a positive impact to avoid the lack of motivation of the students: the grade can be improved but not lowered."

ARAGON

The counselor Felipe Faci (PSOE) has instructed the schools to "highlight the essential contents and that the positive attitude of the students and their attention in monitoring and carrying out the proposed tasks will prevail in the evaluation." "It is more important now to value attitudes than aptitudes" is the maxim.

ASTURIAS

The position of the counselor Carmen Suárez (PSOE) is that "the evaluation is inexcusable" and that "the general approval goes against current regulations." "During the third trimester, the educational community will fundamentally work on aspects related to key competences, without this entailing advancing the subject, something that can only be done in the 2nd year of Bachillerato as long as it does not imply exclusion or discrimination."

CANTABRIA

In its instructions to the ESO centers, Cantabria (PRC-PSOE) advocates "advancing the subject at an adequate pace, taking into account that equity, equal opportunities and the inclusive nature of education must be guaranteed" .

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