The Government rectifies Parlon's words and says the Mossos' plan in schools continues

BarcelonaThe controversy surrounding the pilot program to integrate mossos into Catalan schools continues. This morning, the Minister of Interior, Núria Parlon, admitted that the plan is in "a state of paralysis," but minutes later, from the same Interior department, it was clarified that the words had been "taken out of context" and that the pilot program "continues with the changes that were initially made." Nevertheless, they did clarify that no new centers will be added "until there is a clear evaluation of how it has concluded." In this regard, Interior sources indicate that the conclusions will be available during the first quarter of 2027. "It will be then when the future of the proof of concept is decided," they assure.

In fact, when the plan was launched in April, 14 schools and institutes in the country joined it, but after the strong controversy generated around the project half of the centers backed out.

There were also institutes that asked to join the plan, but at the moment, from Education, they refuse to say how many centers continue to be part of the project and limit themselves to saying that when the test ends, "they will carry out an evaluation."

"Inopportune" moment

The confusion occurred during an interview on Catalunya Ràdio, where Parlon admitted that the trial "emerged at a totally inopportune moment" which made it "unviable to proceed" and assured that it was now "in a state of paralysis". In this regard, the minister said they would have to see if it could be resumed in the future, "when the conflict has been resolved".

The head of the Interior Ministry once again defended the pilot program and justified it as a project that makes sense to implement because it focuses on the contribution an officer can make to conflict resolution. Furthermore, she stated that it is a plan that "was not born in an office" but from "practice with local police officers". In fact, several sources told ARA that the epicenter of the pilot program to integrate mossos into educational centers was the Sant Cosme neighborhood in El Prat de Llobregat, where there were different institutes that had experienced conflicts due to external problems that ended up affecting the centers.Regarding the agents' work, a few weeks ago, in an interview with this newspaper, the Minister of Education, Esther Niubó, detailed that the tasks of these officers depend on the center to which they have been assigned: "There are centers where, in fact, these people were already working from a different perspective and, therefore, know the reality of the centers very well, which is why more progress has been made. In other schools or other institutes, it is a person who is now observing everything that is happening, meeting with the management team to see what profile of students there is and how to deal with the situation," she described. Furthermore, Niubó also admitted that there was a moment of tension with the teacher mobilizations, which is why "what is expected is that it will be mainly from the beginning of next school year that [the plan] can gain more speed".