Overview
- Education officials made the appointment official in the regional gazette, naming Antoni Aguilar to replace Francesc Xavier Güell after months of friction with unions and school associations.
- Aguilar comes from the Escola Pia network, with long experience in governance, strategy and running school groups, and he has represented concertada schools on Catalonia’s education council.
- The government recently approved about €391 million for the concertada through 2030 to address underfunding, with money for school operations, staffing and student material aid.
- Core labor disputes remain unresolved, including late coverage of sick-leave substitutions that start on day 16 in the concertada and heavier teaching loads in secondary than in the public system.
- New rules on renewing state-funded places mean under-enrolled groups are not restored, which sector leaders say will cut 283 groups and put roughly 300 jobs at risk.