The Education Ministry publishes the new allocation of teaching positions after the chaos.

BarcelonaThe Department of Education has already corrected the error it made last week. with their soul in their heart thousands of teachers throughout Catalonia. An incident caused a pool of 57,000 teaching and professor positions for the next academic year that were supposed to be awarded to civil servants to end up being assigned to temporary staff, forcing the entire process to be redone less than two months before the start of the new academic year. The Minister of Education, Esther Niubó, reassured teachers and families this weekend and assured them that the school year would begin normally, after pointing out that behind this mess was "the intervention of a person who made a unilateral decision" that "violated regulations." This Monday afternoon, however, the department published the allocation of provisional positions. which can be consulted at this link.

According to Niubó, someone ignored the department's resolutions and caused "serious incidents": 800 positions that should have been filled by civil servants were instead reserved for temporary staff. Following complaints from some teachers, Educació halted the process and has now announced the new assignments after working all weekend to resolve the issue. In total, some 3,000 teachers out of 57,000 candidates will see their assignments changed. However, according to Niubó, this situation will "improve."

On the other hand, the Education Department has opened an information file to clarify the facts and act "rigorously, transparently, and in accordance with internal regulations," and has reiterated its apologies to all those affected, as well as to the school administrations. Minister Niubó will appear this Tuesday before the Parliament's Education and Vocational Training Committee, which was adopted to reverse this situation.

Artur Ramírez, of the central board of directors of public schools, applauded the speed with which the department has acted to correct this situation. Those who want a reduction in working hours, either because they are over 55 or for family conciliation, are being asked to leave the school. However, Ramírez has assured that the new award represents a "break" for all departments, as they will be able to return to planning the next academic year.

Protest outside the Parliament.

While Niubó is in Parliament explaining the case of the allocations to the other groups, a rally is planned in front of the Catalan parliament to protest the department's "improvisation and lack of investment." The mobilization is being called by unions and educational platforms starting at 11:30 a.m. USTEC-STEs spokesperson Iolanda Segura explained to ARA that the call is still in place despite the publication of the allocations because "there is a lot of indignation" among teachers, and the protest "goes beyond" whether this issue has been resolved.

"The allocations have become a living hell for many people. It can't be that knowing what your job will be for the next academic year is a nightmare for many," insisted Segura, who believes the department's response was swift because the situation "was very serious." He also lamented that "once again" they failed to inform the unions that they would publish the new contracts this Monday afternoon and extended a hand to the department led by Niubó to work together on the sector's challenges.

On the other hand, Ignasi Fernández, general secretary of the ASPEPC-SPS secondary school teachers' union, who will also participate in Tuesday's protest, praised the department's swift action, but stressed that "it has caused a lot of anguish to many professionals" in the country. In fact, as the union's lawyer, he assured ARA that they are exploring all possibilities to see if the case can be taken to court.

The secondary school teachers' union has also sent a letter to the regional minister asking her to "identify the perpetrators of this savagery by name and surname" so that the union's legal services can file the corresponding criminal complaint for malfeasance. "We will explicitly demand the penalty of special disqualification from public employment and office," Fernández asserts.