A platform made up of teachers and parents from the Vega Baja said this week that the Valencian Government has not responded to any of the ‘thousands’ of complaints registered by parents of students in the Vega Baja against the forced imposition of the so called multilingualism plan of the Ministry of Educaiton. Due to the increase in subjects which now must be taught through Valencian, parents and teachers are gravely concerned for the education of youngsters from areas such as the Vega Baja where Valencian is not widely spoken.
In a statement, teachers and parents pointed out that last June, thousands of parents presented individual appeals directly to the Ministry “against the forced implementation of Valencian in the educational system.” The lack of response or acknowledgement by officials means that families are now planning to go to court to defend the rights and future education of their children.
The lack of response by the regional government was described by parents and teachers as “a miserable gesture of contempt towards the parents and students of the region and an insulting attitude towards all the residents of the Vega Baja.”
Rrecent demonstrations in Orihuela, the largest in the history of the city, and in Pilar de la Horadada, called for freedom of choice for families. Parents and teachers want to be able to choose Valencian if they wish.