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PSOE denounces classroom overcrowding in Fuerteventura and demands urgent plan

An official report confirms educational deterioration on the island, with high ratios and lack of resources, especially in Early Childhood Education.

Generic image of an overcrowded classroom in Fuerteventura.
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Generic image of an overcrowded classroom in Fuerteventura.

The PSOE of Fuerteventura denounces the severe classroom overcrowding and lack of educational resources on the island, demanding an urgent plan from the Canary Islands Government.

The PSOE has warned about the high level of classroom overcrowding in Fuerteventura, describing it as one of the highest in the archipelago. The socialist party demands that the Canary Islands Government, currently composed of Coalición Canaria and Partido Popular, implement a "serious and urgent" plan to reduce student-to-teacher ratios, expand educational places, and respond to the island's continuous population growth.
According to the PSOE, an official report by the Canary Islands School Council on the Educational Reality of the Canary Islands 2026 supports the complaints from Fuerteventura families regarding deficiencies in human and material resources, classroom saturation, and educational infrastructure deemed "obsolete and incapable of meeting the demand for places."
The deputy general secretary of the PSOE of Fuerteventura, Manuel Hernández Cerezo, stated that the parents of the students "were right, and unfortunately, still are, because nothing has changed for the better in Education." He added that, in the face of "institutional neglect and inertia," the island's socialists are maintaining their protest actions in support of families, highlighting the "enormous effort" that educational centers are making to sustain the quality of the system, but warning that they "cannot continue to bear the consequences of the regional government's inaction alone."
The School Council's report also identifies the situation of Early Childhood Education (0-3 years) as "one of the most worrying aspects." It acknowledges that Fuerteventura started with a very limited public offering, which even suffered a setback during the 2024-2025 academic year due to delays in classroom adaptation works. Furthermore, the island ranks among the territories with the highest ratios in the archipelago, unlike other islands such as La Gomera, El Hierro, or La Palma, which maintain much smaller class sizes.
The situation is further exacerbated when analyzing the evolution of students with special educational support needs (NEAE). The report shows a continuous and sustained increase in these students in Fuerteventura over the last decade. "Not only do we have more students because Fuerteventura continues to grow in population. We also have more students who need specialized support, individualized attention, educational guidance, and specific resources. However, schools continue to report that resources are not growing at the same pace as real needs," concluded Hernández Cerezo.

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