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Here we will introduce ourselves and announce all of the different activities we do as part of our Comenius project.

Thursday 21 November 2013

Comenius students participate in protests against the cuts in Education

Yesterday evening, Wednesday November 20th, students from our Comenius group took part in protests outside the offices of the "Partit Popular in Tortosa.  They, and the other people present, were protesting both the cuts and the new laws introduced in education here in Spain and Catalunya.

Education here has been suffering some of the worst cuts in recent times.  Spending in education in Catalunya has been reduced by 30% but the number of students has increased by 200,000.  The costs of a university education have increased enormously and the money available to students in grants has been reduced. We also have a new law on education reform, called the "Ley Wert" after Jose Ignacio Wert the minister for education in Madrid, that is going to change education in Cataluyna drastically.

For all these reasons students are now taking an active part in demonstrations against the ruling parties both here in Catalunya and in Madrid.

Here is our group in the protest from last night.


It was also very cold!

Boti, boti, boti, conformista qui no boti!
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown21 November 2013 at 22:11

    Really ineresting - and depressing. We'll talk about these things and many more when we meet in the Netherlands!

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  2. Unknown21 November 2013 at 22:13

    Very interesting - and depressing. We will talk about this and much more soon when we meet in the Netherlands!

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  3. Magic 36 February 2014 at 13:01

    We miss you!
    Hugs and kisses from Slovenia :)

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