The poor results of the PISA tests, which analyze the School level in more than 80 countries, they have put Government Department of Education in the spotlight and has already had the first parliamentary consequence. The Common This Thursday they registered a request to appear from the Minister of Education, Anna Simó, in the Catalan Chamber. They want me to give explanations for the poor results and, above all, to detail How do you plan to reverse them?.
Furthermore, the group led by Jessica Albiach considers that the arguments given by the department at first, which attributed it to an “overrepresentation” of the immigrant students – although they later rectified it – are a “shameful excuse.”
For all this, they want Minister Simó, as well as the Secretary of Educational Policies, Ignasi Garcia, explain “what you plan to do” to improve results and assess whether “responsibilities must be assumed.” This is what they explain in a press release, in which, at least for now, they do not ask for his resignation.
Also from Together They have explained that they will request the parliamentary appearance of the minister in the coming days. Simó took office in June of this year, replacing Josep González Cambrayafter months of tough confrontations with the unions and the educational community over changes to the school calendar.
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In the first post-pandemic PISA exam, Catalonia has become the second community (the first is the city of Melilla) which the more score you lose in math. It has lost up to 21 points between 2018 and 2022. In addition, it is also losing steam in reading comprehension and science, subjects that place it at the bottom of Spain and below the OECD average.
This is an exam that is given to 4th year ESO students from more than 80 countries.