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Bad news for leftists in education
  • “If I calm down” I couldn’t write any of that and I have to “Express” the “Concerns” I’ve been thinking about for a long time. In short, all the people who live in the CAV have guaranteed a formal education in Basque and a transmission and immersion of the Basque culture thanks to public education. So things, leftists and independentists, we have different ways of understanding socialism and advertising based on the kind of centers that exist in our peoples.
Amets Bengoetxea 2019ko irailaren 12a

In some villages we only have public school or public school and Kristau Eskola. In these cases, the militants and members of the left Abertzale or independentist have a clear choice to choose their children. We only have “atheist gods” and therefore enroll them in secular public school. These classes are for all or all, reflecting in the classrooms the cultural reality of pueblo.Los plans of coexistence, reception and language that the school has the support of a whole village/neighborhood and gradually these immigrant students and their families are integrated into our neighborhoods and villages. Cultural diversity is seen as a value and as a consequence of this coexistence, the children of Basque families mix with those who come from abroad and immerse themselves in our language and our customs. In these villages, moreover, the Christian Schools complain about the public money they receive and we demand that the administration does not waste public money on a private enterprise.

"In some villages we have just one public school or we have a public school, we have a public school and we have Christian schools. In these cases, the militants and members of the left Abertzale or independentist have a clear choice to choose their children. We only have "atheist gods," and so we enroll them in secular public school."

On the other hand, there are the villages where there is a public school and some Ikastola. Unlike the previous ones, more than one Basque from the left has been created a “Tremor” when it comes to schooling children. Some don't hesitate. They learned in that ikastola 30 years ago and now they consider it their only option, “Where if not?” They do not know the public school and for them the ikastola is the only option. In these villages, the ikastolas have the monopoly of the Basque Country and the transmission of the Basque culture. Some left-wing Euskaldunes doubt, but “Infrasoinuak” in general leads them to wager on the ikastola. There are also Euskaldunes and left-wing families who register in the public school, but in proportion are few and surprised when talking about their decision in the nationalist environment.

In this case, “We have believed our own lies” and we argue that ikastolas are not like Christian schools, although the Basque Government, under the pact with the concerted centres, has paid with public money all its funding for their operation, more than EUR 60,000 per concerted classroom, EUR 606 million per year. On the contrary, these concerted schools must comply with the educational legislation of the CAPV, Heziberri “Alegia”.

The public schools of the CAPV and all the concerted have the same curriculum and, therefore, are not as “free” as they sell. In all the Public Schools of the CAV, Euskera is the main axis and, in addition to euskaldunizar the Basque families, an impressive work is done to transmit our language and culture to foreign people. In this second type of village, most of the sons and daughters on the left are not enrolled in public school. These immigrant families do not find many Basque families that help them integrate and are creating ghettos because of this lack of “balance”.

The situation of the ikastolas of Navarra and Iparralde is very different. All projects or companies that promote and strengthen Basque culture and Basque culture. They do not receive much help and, therefore, they want us to help and organize as a people so that the “Cultural Checkmate” does not occur. But don't generalize the needs of these ikastolas with others.

"In any other sector, the left of any other country in the face of a situation like ours we would cry 'Oihu'; but in the case of education in Euskal Herria, the Abertzale left touches the core of our contradictions and therefore seeks a new definition of the public and the public"

In any other sector, the left of any other country in the face of a situation like this, we would call ourselves “cries”; but in the case of education in Euskal Herria, the Abertzale left touches the core of our contradictions and that is why the Abertzale left has started in search of a new definition of the public and the public. Although the public term has “Name and Being”, it has “impossibility” in the education of the Basque Country.

“Not everything is worth,” we want to change the terms, but only in educational parameters. In health, transportation, pensions... the meaning and meaning of the public word is useful, but with respect to the collective image we have created with respect to the ikastolas we have “Lemas, anchors”. We don't realize that this educational model of concerted centers isn't someone who defends a fairer society. “In the best of our decadence,” EH Bildu and LAB add “community” and “new” surnames to the public school concept so as not to protect the current public school.

A better public school “for what to dream”, which can be done with the militancy, work and participation of all leftist independentists. The public system and school have to improve a lot and we have to start that debate, but now we need “Hands” to continue transforming the public school. On this road, “Till you see”...

AMETS Bengoetxea
Professor