ERC and the Comuns have requested this Friday in the Parlament the appearance of the Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Esther Niubó, and of the Minister of Interior and Public Security, Núria Parlon, so that they give explanations about the pilot plan that foresees the integration of a mosso d'esquadra in 13 Catalan educational centers.
The initiative proposed by the Generalitat contemplates the presence of an agent without uniform and without weapons inside the institutes, in a collaboration format with a preventive purpose. The measure has opened an immediate political clash in the Catalan Parliament, where both groups demand more details about its scope, application, and criteria.
ERC demands an immediate rectification
Esquerra Republicana has demanded that the Govern rectify. The group considers that the measure has not been presented in the Parlament and maintains that, as of today, essential aspects of the project are unknown. Among its criticisms, ERC questions the impact that this figure may have on coexistence within educational centers.
"Send mossos to the institutes does not contribute at all to improve coexistence in the centers" - Esquerra Republicana
Republicans argue that any action of this type should be promoted with the prior consensus of the educational community. Their position is to stop the deployment until the details of the plan are clarified and the role of this figure in the affected high schools is not publicly explained.
The Comuns ask to reinforce other educational figures
From the Comuns, the group leader in the Parliament, Jéssica Albiach, has put the focus on other internal tools of the centers. In her opinion, before introducing police officers in high schools, it is advisable to reinforce profiles already linked to the management of the school climate and the prevention of conflicts.
"One must reinforce the figure of the coexistence and well-being coordinator" - Jéssica Albiach, Comuns
The request for appearance of Niubó and Parlon has been registered this Friday, in a joint movement that seeks for both councilors to detail the content of the pilot plan and its political and educational justification.
Education defends that there are precedents
The Department of Education and Vocational Training frames the proposal in models already applied in other educational systems. The department maintains that, according to OECD data, one out of every two developed countries has similar programs of collaboration between the school and agents of authority with preventive objectives.
The Generalitat also points out that several autonomous communities already have this type of programs in their educational centers.
- Galicia
- Navarra
- Andalucía
- Madrid
- Illes Balears
The pilot plan would affect 13 educational centers of Catalonia, although for now it remains pending for the Govern to concretize its development and respond to the criticisms raised in the Parlament, where the discussion focuses both on the substance of the measure as well as on the lack of prior information about its implementation.