Cutbacks leave half a million students without aid for textbooks
Government has slashed over one billion euros from budget for Spain’s schools compared to previous year
Some 500,000 school students across Spain won't be eligible for state aid to purchase their textbooks because of the stringent cutbacks made in education at the ministerial, regional and local levels, figures show.
The Education Ministry says there are 8.05 million students attending classes this year -- a 1.7 percent-hike in enrollment from the past school semester. These additional 136,000 students are spread out across all educational levels, from kindergarten to high school and vocational training.
With respect to the school budget last year, the government has made some 1.12 billion euros in cuts, which will greatly affect those who rely on aid to buy books.
But the ministry states that 15,000 more students this year will be given grants even though money was cut from that budget by 185 million euros compared with the 2011-2012 school year. "The only explanation for this is that the average grant amount will be lesser so that they can be spread out to more students," said Juan Martínez, a CCOO labor union official.
Tu suscripción se está usando en otro dispositivo
¿Quieres añadir otro usuario a tu suscripción?
Si continúas leyendo en este dispositivo, no se podrá leer en el otro.
FlechaTu suscripción se está usando en otro dispositivo y solo puedes acceder a EL PAÍS desde un dispositivo a la vez.
Si quieres compartir tu cuenta, cambia tu suscripción a la modalidad Premium, así podrás añadir otro usuario. Cada uno accederá con su propia cuenta de email, lo que os permitirá personalizar vuestra experiencia en EL PAÍS.
¿Tienes una suscripción de empresa? Accede aquí para contratar más cuentas.
En el caso de no saber quién está usando tu cuenta, te recomendamos cambiar tu contraseña aquí.
Si decides continuar compartiendo tu cuenta, este mensaje se mostrará en tu dispositivo y en el de la otra persona que está usando tu cuenta de forma indefinida, afectando a tu experiencia de lectura. Puedes consultar aquí los términos y condiciones de la suscripción digital.
Últimas noticias
More than 40 Democratic lawmakers urge Trump in a letter to stop his ‘attempts to undermine democracy in Brazil’
The journal ‘Science’ criticizes Trump’s anti-renewable energy policy: ‘The US is failing to benefit from its own innovations’
Cubans hope for a miracle as dengue and chikungunya spread
The long shadow of the father figure in the films of Rob Reiner
Most viewed
- Christian Louboutin: ‘Young people don’t want to be like their parents. And if their parents wear sneakers, they’re going to look for something else’
- Cartels in Mexico take a leap forward with narco-drones: ‘It is criminal groups that are leading the innovation race’
- ‘El Limones’ and the growing union disguise of Mexican organized crime
- Liset Menéndez de la Prida, neuroscientist: ‘It’s not normal to constantly seek pleasure; it’s important to be bored, to be calm’
- The low-cost creative revolution: How technology is making art accessible to everyone
