The organization School for Allwith PLIS Education and Balearic Civil Society (SCB), has denounced that most of the early childhood education centers in the Balearic Islands do not inform on their websites about the right of parents to choose the language of instruction for their children. choose the language of instruction for their childrenas established by law. According to the entity, the Minister of Education and Universities, Antoni Vera, had promised that this information would be available on the websites of all schools, but to date, less than ten schools have complied with this indication. In view of this situation, Escuela de Todos demands that the Regional Ministry of Education and the Inspectorate take measures to ensure that schools are transparent and respect the Law of Linguistic Normalization along with the decree of minimum standards.
More claims for language choice
Last October, Escuela de Todos had also warned that the directors of some primary schools would have “replaced the will of parents to choose the language” by denouncing that “they would not have used the correct form” for enrollment. As reported by La Voz de Ibiza, in 13 of the 44 educational centers of Ibiza and Formentera, families have not been allowed to choose Spanish as the first language of instruction. Thus, in these centers the authorities “supplanted the families and imposed Catalan for all of them”. In this regard, Escuela de Todos pointed out that, in June, the General Directorate of Educational Planning and Management sent instructions to the centers to include differentiated boxes in the registration forms, allowing parents to choose the language. According to the entity, the president of the Govern, Marga Prohens, acknowledged that in some places this directive was not initially complied with, but stated that, after an inspection, the correct form is now used in all of them. Escuela de Todos questioned these statements by revealing that, according to them, the councilor Antoni Vera has acknowledged in two resolutions that he does not have specific information on the forms used in each center, so he cannot verify whether parents were actually allowed to exercise their right.
