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Teachers' Union Demands More Investment and Reduced Hours in Canary Islands

The teachers' union ANPE Canarias has called for increased budgetary allocation for public education and a reduction in the time teachers spend at schools.

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The teachers' union ANPE Canarias has urged the Ministry of Education of the Canary Islands Government to increase investment in the sector for the upcoming regional budgets, aiming to reach 5% of the GDP as stipulated by the Canarian law on non-university education.

This request was made during a meeting between union representatives and members of the Ministry, including the director general of Personnel and Teacher Training and the director general of Curriculum Planning, Inclusion, and Innovation. This meeting marks the second occasion in less than three weeks that both parties have met to discuss improvements in the archipelago's educational landscape.
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"The needs and challenges of public education in the Canary Islands are increasingly significant."

the president of the union organization
The union organization has emphasized that, in addition to political will, greater budgetary effort is required from the Executive and the regional Parliament to address the growing challenges of public education.
Among the main demands presented by the union is the reduction of teachers' on-site working hours in educational centers, proposing a shift from 28 to 26 hours per week. The proposal details 23 teaching hours and three complementary hours, leaving the remaining two for preparing teaching activities, training, and other tasks that could be carried out off-site.
Furthermore, ANPE has requested that all teachers in non-university public centers be able to enjoy discretionary days off during the school term, a right currently only held by management teams. The union argues that this measure, already implemented in other autonomous communities, should be applied in the islands to ensure that teachers in the Canary Islands do not fall behind.
The union has also expressed concern about the practice of declaring teachers unfit for work due to medical reasons not specified by the Medical Evaluation Commission. They believe this practice is used to remove professionals who have had several temporary disability leaves or have simply submitted a sick leave report in September, without the administration providing justifying medical reports.
Finally, improvements have been advocated for in the specialties of Hearing and Language (AL) and Educational Guidance, the implementation of the 90-measure plan for educational inclusion proposed by the union last academic year, and the promotion of the announced diversity care law. The need for students with specific educational support needs (NEAE) to count double for ratio purposes, not just those with disabilities or severe behavioral, communication, or language disorders, has also been highlighted.

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