A plot twist has occurred in the Catalan education system's teacher network. As ARA has learned, there will be no regional teacher transfer competition this academic year. Normally, transfer competitions for teachers in Catalonia's public schools and institutes depend on the biennial call for applications issued by the central government. However, some regions organize their own competitions in years when there is no national call. In Catalonia, the regional call for applications had not been opened for over 20 years, and the Department of Education... It was announced in March that the system would be reinstated in the 2025-2026 academic year. In practical terms, the Catalan education system would hold a teacher transfer competition every year.Finally, this Thursday the regional education ministry informed the unions that the competition will not be held this academic year. Sources within the ministry defend the decision, arguing that "the priority is the stability of the teaching staff and ensuring that personnel policies allow for the consolidation of educational projects in schools." They emphasize that the last national teacher transfer competition resulted in the allocation of more than 16,000 permanent positions. These same sources assert that many school principals "have expressed the need to return to a year of calm and internal stability" after an intense period marked by the stabilization processes and the impact of the last national competition. The regional ministry also explains its "commitment" to adding the positions that would have been offered this year in the regional competition to next year's call for applications, with the aim of addressing the needs of the teaching staff. Furthermore, they detail that "looking ahead" they will study the possibility of alternating regional and national competitions. They also affirm their "commitment" to ending the legislative term with high percentages of staff holding permanent positions "as a fundamental pillar for improving the education system."

Currently, the public education system in Catalonia has around 90,000 teachers. Within these thousands of professionals there are four different types: temporary teachers who have not taken or passed the exams and do not have a permanent position; teachers who are already civil servants and have a permanent position in the centre they want; teachers who are civil servants and have a guaranteed job, but not in the centre they want; and new civil servants who have a permanent job, but have not yet been able to apply for a place in the school or institute they want to go to.