Madrid, June 25. The school year just ended was the first in which the subject Education for Citizenship (EPC) has been taught in 3 of compulsory secondary education in seven regions. The matter has already provoked controversy, according to data from BY PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, more than 41 thousand conscientious objections filed by parents who refuse to have their children educated morally by the State or Autonomous Community.
However, the controversy has only just begun for the upcoming school year EpC will be held in Spain, in 2 º or 3 º ESO (depending on the region), in 4 º ESO (under the name Education Ethical and Civic ) and 1 º de Bachillerato (Philosophy and Citizenship).
These data were presented today in Madrid by Professionals for Ethics. Under this partnership, the territorial expansion of the subject and its extension to other courses multiplied conscientious objections of parents. Expected, therefore, a "hot autumn" in the field of education.
To Leonor Tamayo, coordinator of the Campaign for Objection to EPC Professionals for Ethics, reflecting the movement objector is certainly an unprecedented social movement in Spain, both for its strength as its dynamics, its goals and identity protagonists.
Tamayo has said that "parents in Spain have risen, literally, to tell the government that they will not allow further progress in its efforts totalitarian, that EPC is a state trespass in an area that is exclusive to parents. And so have objected, despite unsubstantiated threats the Minister or the Minister of Education, despite the suspense or the hostile attitude of some schools (public and) despite the broken promises or the inconsistency of politicians. "
also the coordinator of this campaign has pointed out that the objectors have a son objection communication with which we are not talking about 41 107 parents objectors but No objections. Parents objectors, of course, are twice as normally sign the objection the father and mother ..
By region, which has a higher number of objections is followed Madrid Castilla La Mancha and Andalusia. "Taking note that the first objection to the course was presented in April 200 7 ", Tamayo has said," we can say that since then there have been over 100 objections EpC daily. Moreover, we must remember that, in complete safety, the number of objections than this figure because there are many parents who object and is not communicated to any association or platform, just to school and educational administration. "
In this campaign, has told Tamayo, parents have been mobilized, ie anonymous citizens, responsible and courageous platforms have been organized into associations. If in February 2007 there were 32 associations that promoted EPC objection to the theme your children, your choice, today there are 92 institutions that shape the objector movement. These platforms and partnerships are getting information to parents, facilitate the handling of the objection and the legal and moral support to the objectors and their families.
then intervened Almudena Pastor, a representative of one of the platforms Madrid (Alcalá Educa Libertad). According to Shepherd in the past month have conducted five briefings on EPC in Alcalá de Henares, Torrejón de Ardoz, and Meco. His experience is that parents are unaware of the true depth of the subject since reading the objectives of the EPC and Ethical Civic Education is clearly perceived to be in young people a concrete way of thinking about things like "personal identity, the values \u200b\u200bof everyday life or living in the family. "After reading the decrees of the EPC," says Shepherd, "I am separated from my mother's role as an educator of my children and relegated to being a caregiver feeder."
in similar terms has been expressed Madrid spokesman for another platform (Education in Liberty. Madrid Noroeste), Mariví Urbina, who has assured that its concerns are increased by how much parents are informed of the purpose of the EPC, which is "form students' moral consciousness. "
Jaime finally intervened Urcelay , President of Professionals for Ethics, who has drawn the current situation and expectations about conscientious objection to EPC. In short, Urcelay has ensured that:
EpC fracture is causing considerable social and legal conflict with the fundamental rights of parents. The subject, as is proposed, should be withdrawn or become a volunteer.
The key issue remains the information on the subject. The Government and education authorities continue to distort the reality of the new matter and the right to conscientious objection of parents.
can not understand that existing state court decisions and lack of neutrality of the subject and the right of parents to object, to continue working parents objectors as criminals and are occurring situations like those of Andalusia (the Board contempt of court) and Asturias (initiation of disciplinary proceedings to parents without legal basis and with the sole purpose of intimidating). It is also unspeakable complicity CEAPA policy (English Confederation of Parents) to request the intervention of the prosecution against parents. "Objectors", he said, "will defend the crackdown by all legitimate means at its disposal and we are going to continue to support."
If the Government and Administrations education remain the same insensitivity to social reality and the same lack of dialogue, the objections will continue to multiply. The objection is a constitutional right and is the only resource that is being left to parents. In the final leg of course the presentation of objections has multiplied. For two months they have grown nearly 44%, in Madrid, 72%.
There are hundreds of court actions raised against the subject, to which we must now add the new location opened in Valencia, where the same parents who deny the constitutional right to conscientious objection now openly call for disobedience pure and simple compared to an Order of the Ministry of Education. This is unsustainable. While the Supreme Court sentencing will occur more demands and requests for precautionary measures may be very soon new court decisions at least in the Courts of Cantabria, La Rioja and Navarra. The year 2008-2009 will learn a complex prosecution do not know where it can lead to our already battered school system. We
calling on the recovery of sanity, rationality and dialogue. The Government should practice once touted as demagogic whenever he speaks of this subject. Parents ask only dialogue, respect for social diversity, not imposing any moral conscience and no freedom for all.
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