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Families Criticize Teacher Authority Law in Canary Islands Parliament

Parent associations argue that the regulation fails to address real classroom issues and fosters confrontation.

Generic image of a microphone on a podium during a parliamentary debate.
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Generic image of a microphone on a podium during a parliamentary debate.

Family associations have voiced their opposition to the approach of the Teacher Authority Law during parliamentary committee meetings in the Canary Islands, arguing that the regulation does not address fundamental classroom problems.

Representatives from the Galdós Federation of AMPAS of Gran Canaria, such as Sergio de la Fe and Marian Álvarez, have stressed that teachers are already exemplary and do not need a law to reinforce their authority. They propose, instead, complying with the Canarian Education Law, activating the creation of the Coexistence Observatory, and safeguarding the Canary Islands School Council.
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"These teachers do not need more authority through a law, because they are already exemplary. Let's move from the demagoguery of an empty law and go to reality."

Sergio de la Fe · Representative of the Galdós Federation of AMPAS of Gran Canaria
For her part, Ismene Santiago Posada, from the Majorera Island Federation of AMPAS, focused on families with special educational needs (NEAE), highlighting that the law should not turn school coexistence into a confrontation with families. She also believes that many teachers do not feel represented by this approach.
Marian Álvarez also pointed out that the majority of teachers have not suffered aggression, calling it “irresponsible” to frame the law from that perspective. She criticized the discussion for focusing on minimal percentages of aggressions, diverting attention from more significant issues.
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"When there is nothing to offer, what is done is to make people fight. And that is irresponsibility. What they have achieved is that we spend our mornings here discussing whether it is 0.0 or 0.5 or 1.2%."

Marian Álvarez · Representative of the Galdós Federation of AMPAS of Gran Canaria
Álvarez highlighted worrying data such as 49.2% of second-year ESO students only passing 9 out of 25 indicators of Spanish language and literature competencies, or 52.3% only passing 4 out of 20 in mathematics. She also mentioned that 10.2% of students suffer school bullying and that 70% of child suicide cases are linked to bullying.
Sergio de la Fe added that serious coexistence problems do not even rank among the top five issues, according to the president of the Canary Islands School Council. He warned that where this law already exists, it has not only failed to improve teachers' social prestige but has also increased litigation against families and students.
The Teacher Authority Law, already in force in other autonomous communities, aims to reinforce teacher authority and provide legal certainty. However, parent associations are not satisfied, and unions, while generally supporting it, have submitted amendments to improve its text.

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