Overview
- Regional ministers Ana Dávila and Emilio Viciana launched the program at Colegio Nueva Castilla, with 50-minute talks for 4th-year ESO and Bachillerato students this term and next.
- Ego Non presenters, including victims Beatriz Botella and Teresa Beitia, combined personal accounts with figures on ETA’s violence, and one talk included sharp criticism of Bildu.
- Teachers’ union CCOO and a parents’ federation said the government bypassed stakeholder consultation and accused it of politicizing classroom content.
- An El País editorial and historians questioned the rigor of the first session, disputing a claim that 80% of ETA’s murders occurred in democracy and urging trained, nonpartisan instruction.
- Victims’ groups such as COVITE and AVT said they were not consulted and argued established institutional programs should lead school outreach, though one terrorism scholar welcomed the use of testimonies to prevent forgetting.