Overview
- By Thursday, June 18, the rector of Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea confirmed 1,778 formal review requests for the Euskera PAU and officials say similarly large numbers of appeals have been lodged in other regions.
- Students, parents and schools in Bizkaia have held public protests after dozens of candidates received zeros or very low marks in the Euskera exam and some allege the results are punitive toward castilianophone pupils.
- Critics point to recent changes in EHU’s PAU management and the selection of new correctors as a factor in the controversy, and unions have flagged low pay and organization problems for evaluators.
- Other regions report major volumes of complaints: Andalusia has thousands of reviews (including 401 for Chemistry), Catalonia logged about 200 formal math complaints, and a Cantabrian family has taken an incident to court.
- Universities and education departments stress that provisional marks will be reviewed under established procedures, final grades are due in late June, and outcomes will affect university admissions and legal appeal options for students.