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Catalan School Standoff Deepens as Niubó Rejects Reopening Deal and Unions Prepare New Strikes

The minister’s hard line signals a turn from talks to pressure felt across schools.

Overview

  • Education minister Esther Niubó said she will not reopen the pact signed with CCOO and UGT and will focus on putting it into effect.
  • The department emailed a new bulletin to families that details €300 million for inclusive education, gradual class-size cuts, €50 per night for teachers on trips, and projected 2029 pay levels.
  • Ustec and Aspepc deem the pact insufficient and called the mailing propaganda, while the department said families agreed at enrollment to receive institutional updates.
  • Teacher assemblies are widening pressure tactics, with more than 500 schools pledging to cancel trips and overnight colonies next year and some centers sending report cards without comments to protest paperwork loads.
  • Professors de Secundària (Aspepc) proposed a united strike on Sant Jordi with weekly stoppages in May, and the strike-leading unions plan to set a new protest calendar if talks do not restart.