Madrid, Spain, Nov 10, 2020 / 16:37 pm
Proposed legislation to remodel the education system in Spain has drawn opposition from parents' groups and educators who warn that the freedom of parents to educate their children and choose their school is at risk.
MásPlurales, an umbrella group in Spain representing parents' associations, unions, businesses, and different groups from the state-subsidized education sector, has gathered more than 1.2 million signatures to a manifesto in opposition to the proposed education law.
The group warned that the proposed law "leads towards systemic control by the State, granting public administrations increasingly broad powers to the detriment of families as the first educators of their children."
MásPlurales is asking that the current array of educational options be respected, which include a choice of public schools; state-subsidized schools, which are mostly Catholic; and private schools, which receive no government funding.