WORLD NEWS: The teaching unions sign the Generalitat agreement to reduce bureaucracy and reject the rest of the proposals
Global Update:
Governments, analysts, and media outlets are continuing to follow this situation closely as additional details become available.
Four of the teaching unions have signed this Thursday the agreement of the Generalitat Valenciana to reduce the bureaucratic burden that Valencian teachers have to face. STEPV, UGT, CCOO and CSIF have supported the proposal made by the Department of Education, from which only ANPE has distanced itself. It has been the only document that has generated a certain consensus among the union forces, given that no other has had similar support. The first three unions, in fact, have only signed this proposal of the eight that were on the table. CSIF, for its part, has also signed the agreement on the Valencian. The third partial agreement that the union forces have signed with the Generalitat is that of remuneration, which CSIF and ANPE supported on May 25. Both trainings represent 30% of the teaching staff. The rest of the proposals have been rejected in their entirety by the five unions at the negotiating table: reduction of ratios, increase in staff, improvements in infrastructure, educational inclusion and Vocational Training. The Minister of Education, Carmen Ortí, has explained that all these requests, and the ordinary ones, will be addressed in the sectoral tables that begin next week. Thus, she has pointed out that the first agreement that comes out of the last meetings (bureaucracy) may seem “insignificant” but “it matters a lot” for the real conditions of teaching work to begin to change, and it is, she added, “the first of many that we have planned.” The head of Education has recognized that teachers are “overwhelmed” but today is “an important day for the teachers and the entire educational community.” The Ministry, he said, does not feel threatened by any call for a strike and when there are difficulties it puts “all the teams to work.” Previously, the spokesperson for STEPV, Marc Candela, had warned at the meeting that the mobilization “will continue” until they achieve “the improvements that the educational system and the students deserve.” From CCOO, Xelo Valls has pointed out that the strike can be reactivated at any time: “We continue in the fight because there is room to negotiate,” he said in reference to the 2027 Budget of the Generalitat, while Maite Tarazona (UGT) has highlighted that the strike has made progress in the starting documents. What the agreement says on bureaucracy The document incorporates the approval of a new administrative simplification decree that would include, for example, the implementation of the teacher’s digital file (EDEN). Also the partial repeal of some aspects of the Regulations for the Organization and Operation of Primary and Secondary Schools. And a clause prohibiting the increase in bureaucratic burden in all regional regulations. Likewise, establish a single procedure for the different educational innovation projects, the issuance of official evaluation documents through the electronic seal of the body in question and the virtual diagnostic evaluation without the need for correction for teachers. The Regional Executive also proposes the transfer of competence in matters of non-teaching personnel (PAS) from the Ministry with powers in Public Function to that of Education with the intention of streamlining the coverage of this personnel. A measure that will also be extended to educational support personnel (PAE). In addition, the orders approved by the Botanical Government would be reviewed and unified to simplify the procedures related to the inclusion of students. “Simplified procedure to process the adaptations of NEAE students for university entrance exams with a maximum resolution period and positive administrative silence,” adds the text under negotiation. Finally, a “responsible declaration” model would be implemented for certain cases of permissions and licenses of the teaching staff without prior authorization or the integration of the SAÓ platform and the disciplinary files of the students in their respective ITACA modules.
Key Developments:
Experts suggest the long-term impact of these developments may become clearer as more information emerges.
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Source: This article was originally published by El Español – Home and adapted for our international English-speaking audience.
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