The president of the association, Peio Jorajuria, explained that the four schools of SEASKA are "overwhelmed" by students. Seaska needs new outlets to respond to the need of the Patxi Lopez Government. That is why the Piarres Larzabal College in Ziburu (Lapurdi) will be assisted by Herri Urrats. The event will take place on 10 May in Senpere (Lapurdi). For the first time, the four SEASKA schools will exceed the 1,000 pupils by 2021. The school in Ziburu is prepared to train 300 students, but currently has 321 students. “This year we have the last deadline to detect a way out of this center’s growth,” Jorajuria explained. They do not yet know exactly when, where and how planning will be adapted. They have mentioned several options: to expand the building, to adapt the distribution chart of the students and to build a new school on the coast of Lapurdi. “The truth is that time has caught us, and the growth of the students goes beyond the planning of our works. The needs are developing much more than the powers’, said Jorajuria.

Organizers have stressed that the event being held every year is not “just a party.” “This is the main meeting to support the ikastolas of Ipar Euskal Herria,” says Emile Negelua, father of SEASKA. Jorajuria has stressed that Herri Urrats is also the last period for negotiating the positions of professor or professor in the Basque Country. “This year we also have to negotiate to have the jobs we need. We are talking to the state, but we have not yet gained anything.’

Herri Urrats' coordinator, Ihintza Bidart, has presented this year's motto and drawing. Gaki ge is used in the dialect of Senpere (Lapurdi) to say ‘let us go’. “Herri Urratserat Gaki ge to give the support he needs the Basque, for the future to be built in Euskera, for the brebeta and the lower to be in Euskera,” Bidart said. The drawing refers to the chapel that many friends wear on the day of Herri Urrats, with ikurrina and lauburu: "This year we have become a logo that has appeared so year after year." Like every year, the 37th edition of the Azoka will feature a very special song. Garazi Diabolo Kiwi's group has musicated the words of bertsolari Ortzi Idoate, who has been arrested. You will be able to listen in the coming weeks, as the video clip is in the process of recording.

To start preparing the atmosphere, a number of activities have been organized in collaboration with SEASKA. First of all, the Zapiain steelworks of Astigarraga (Gipuzkoa) will host the bertsolaris dinner on 31 January. Iker Zubeldia and AMETS Arzallus will be responsible for broadcasting the bells that are taking place. On 9 February the BECtso session will take place in the Larrea de Senpere (Lapurdi) room: The eight finalists of the Bertsolaris Championship of Euskal Herria will participate. Finally, the last season of the GO!azen series, which still has to determine the place, will be released on 20 February.