Back to school with 21 centres not ready
The new school year began yesterday in Catalonia for 1,567,316 students, with 21 centres not fully prepared to cater to the students with building and renovations still to be finished.The Generalitat Vice President and Minister of Economy, Pere Aragonès, promised that Catalan schools will have more resources because “there are many needs that must be attended to,” but without giving any specific figures from the 2019 budget. The USTEC-STEs union did quantify those needs: some €70 million in 2019 and about 5,000 new teachers, apart from the nearly starting this course. The Catalan Education minister, Josep Bargalló said that “some openings have been delayed due to the application of article 155.”