The Education exams in the Canary Islands, which offered 944 positions across three teaching bodies, have concluded with 870 public education positions awarded. A total of 715 candidates who passed the selection process did not secure a position, and 76 vacancies remain unfilled, concentrated in Secondary Education specialities.
In percentage terms, 19.48% of those who attended the presentation passed the opposition phase (1,585 out of 8,137). 91.97% of the advertised positions were awarded (870 out of 946), leaving 8.03% of the total offer unfilled.
The Director General of Personnel for the Ministry of Education, Mónica Ramírez, highlighted that the incorporation of these trainee teachers, starting September 1st, helps reduce the temporality of teaching staff. She thanked the examination boards and service personnel for their efforts during the weeks of testing and congratulated the new civil servants.
Results vary significantly by teaching body. In Secondary Education specialities, 237 positions were offered, but only 164 were filled (69.2%), with 15 approved candidates not securing a post. In contrast, for the teacher exams, the speciality with the highest offer, there was an 'overbooking' of approved candidates; 1,302 passed the process, 683 secured a position, and 619 were left without one. 99.6% of the offer was filled, with only three vacancies in French.
The Music and Performing Arts teaching body filled all 23 of its advertised positions but had 81 approved candidates without posts, representing the body with the highest percentage of candidates who passed the selection process (59% of those who presented).
Within the teacher body, the specialities with the most approved candidates left without a position were Early Childhood Education (321), followed by Primary Education (120), Physical Education (65), Special Education (48), English (25), Hearing and Language (23), and Music (17).
In Secondary Education, the percentage of approved candidates was 14.2% (179 out of 1,265 who took the exam). Specialities with the most vacant positions included Thermal and Fluid Equipment Installation and Maintenance (7 filled out of 26 offered), Organisation and Energy Systems Projects (5 out of 9), and Administrative Management Processes (38 out of 66).
The public and mandatory reading of written exams in the teacher opposition was a notable innovation highlighted by Director General Mónica Ramírez, providing additional judgment elements for the boards and being positively received by both candidates and examiners.
