► Education said that the objection is only contemplated in the "military service"
► Nearly two hundred parents have filed their opposition to the subject
THE PROVINCE / DLP - LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA. The Ministry of Education is notifying the 189 parents who, to date, have applied for conscientious objection in the course Education for Citizenship that is "mandatory" for all schools and we can not "replace other activity "as called for families. The course will begin this school year for students in second and fourth of the Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO). The Department reminds parents that while no there is a "legal recognition" of that right, the student has the "duty" to attend class and that conscientious objection is recognized only in the case of the duty to perform compulsory military service. "According to Education, so far, there are "discrepancies" in the judgments they have delivered the superior courts of the different regions where it has used the subject as is the case of Catalonia, the Basque Country, Asturias, Valencia, Andalusia, Cantabria and La Rioja. Moreover, absent "jurisprudence of the Supreme Court, or statement expressed by the Constitutional Court." Educational Management Act (Act) of 2006, governing the English educational system, introduced this subject in primary and secondary education, while its content in high school is part of the subject Philosophy and Citizenship. Its implementation was not accidental but the result of the directions of the Council of Europe that "education for democratic citizenship" should be an objective of educational policy in the Member States of the European Union, but the contents have created a major political debate and social changes have led to hundreds of parents submitting applications conciencia.ARGUMENTOS objection. Groups and parents who are against the mandatory course argue that they oppose content "civic" but the content "moral" taught in Citizenship Education, and that they are confined to the realm of familia.Jorge Melon, Tenerife association representative on Freedom of Education said yesterday that it will nothing has surprised the defense that has given the Ministry of Education to parents and said he is in the "line" of those governments of autonomous communities that have not objected to the asignatura.Melón encouraged families who have objected to carrying its claim for the "judicial" and said it would provide the "legal assistance" necessary to do so.
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