The D-PAI Model in Question: Parent Associations and Centers Oppose
- In line with the abandonment of the model by the center of Puente de Puente y Elizondo, a group of parents from the centers of Erriberri, Tafalla, Puente de Puente, Sarriguren, Lokintxuri and Noain have visited the Education Commission of Navarre to denounce the consequences generated by the model. The parents did not want to reduce their hours.
The schools of Puente de Puente and Elizondo have opposed the D-PAI model that the Navarre Department of Education will apply for the next academic year in accordance with Provincial Order 57/2024, and a group of parents from the schools of Erriberri, Tafalla, Puente de Puente, Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz. The Government of Navarre has proposed a hybrid educational model that combines the immersion of Basque with English. This would increase school hours in English to the detriment of the Basque language.
The change would be: Spend three to four hours of English per week in Early Childhood Education; and in Primary Education, for the benefit of the English language, hours in Basque are between seven and twelve, between six and nine.The order also implies giving more importance to the English language, because some trunk lesson should be taught in the English language.
In addition, it is established by Provincial Order 58/2024
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