Alegría dismisses the 'number two' of Education, Alejandro Tiana, in full controversy over "the ideological bias" of the curricula

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The Minister of Education, Pilar Alegría, has decided to relieve her

, the Secretary of State for Education,

, in full controversy over the contents of the new curricula, which will begin to be applied in schools next September.

The royal decrees have been approved late and teachers and parents from part of the educational community criticize them for their "ideological bias".

The dismissal will be effective tomorrow, Tuesday, as confirmed by sources from the

.

In the Ministry they explain that there was "no problem" with Tiana and that her dismissal is due to the fact that "the development of the law has ended and now a new stage begins."

The sources consulted recall that Alegría "was working with the entire team of the previous minister",

"because she was more coherent in finishing the legislative development" but now she wants to give the Department a new direction.

"The minister is very grateful to Tiana, who has been super loyal. But now another phase begins," these sources emphasize.

However, other sources assure that there was never much harmony between Alegría and Tiana and that there was a "generational clash" between them, with two different visions of understanding education.

The minister took over the portfolio with the aim of calming the troubled educational waters and building bridges with the concerted and conservative sectors, but the regulations inherited from Celaá have caused discomfort in the school a few months before the start of the course.

The preliminary versions of the new textbooks show how what has been collected in the curricula has been captured on paper, against which the communities governed by the PP have rebelled and have been appealed by the associations of Catholic parents.

Of them the

has affirmed that "they are oriented to a conjunctural and changing political agenda" and have "an overrepresentation of political content".

"The Eternal Ministerable"

Tiana, who is known as "the eternal ministerable", had stated on several occasions that he was tired and wanted to take a break to spend more time with his family.

Professor of Theory and History of Education, he has been in the world of educational policy for decades.

He is known as the architect of the

, which in 2006 annulled the

of the PP.

He worked at the right hand of

,

and

, although he was the one who truly marked the direction of the Ministry.

He has also been rector of the

and vice president of the

, as well as director of the

and head of the National Institute for Quality and Evaluation.

His opponents recognize his character for dialogue and his constant desire to seek consensus, in addition to his moderate profile.

But this restraint did not sit well with sectors of the PSOE, who have reproached him for "his inaction."

Specifically, a few days ago CCOO went ahead of the Ministry and appealed the curriculum of the

for not adhering to state regulations.

The union was marked somewhat because the

decided to suspend the norm in a precautionary way, which left the central Executive in evidence.

A part of the teachers and socialist families did not understand "the low profile of the Government" in the contest with Isabel Díaz Ayuso, just as from the right it has not been seen well that the Ministry did not act more forcefully in

One of the candidates to replace Tiana is

, from Vigo, current director general of Planning and Educational Management of the Ministry and a person of the highest confidence of the minister.

Graduated in Philosophy, Educational Sciences and Psychology, he has been educational inspector and deputy of the PSOE between 2008 and 2011, years in which he coincided with Alegría in Congress.

He has also been a delegate of the Government in the Balearic Islands at the time of

.

"They are close friends," say the sources consulted.

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