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LAB has reported that the Department of Education plans to install cameras in public schools

The union has criticized that the Department of Education has invested in "devices that violate the privacy of students" who want to install cameras "on the roof" of classrooms with the aim of "controlling staff."

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23/9/2020
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The LAB union has complained that theDepartment of Education of the Basque Government intends to install cameras in public schools without the consent and prior information of the educational community, and has therefore asked the centres not to connect or use these devices.

In a statement, the union has criticized the Department of Education's investmentin"resources that violate the privacy of students" with the aim of controlling staff.

On the pretext of installing these new interactive devices, LAB has reported that the Department of Education is "blackmailing" school addresses. "It has informed management teams in several schools that if the cameras are rejected, they will not receive the rest of the equipment in the digital classroom, "the union said.

These new classrooms would have an interactive monitor, a desktop computer, a webcam, a personal wireless microphone and a classroom microphone, which they want to install on the roof of the classroomsand which, in order to function, would have to be connected to the desktop computer.

LAB believes that, in addition to being non-pedagogical tools , these cameras are intended for personnel control, without the consent of the educational community and without taking into account opinions. 

The union has stated that this activity, "without the consent" of the educational community, is creating "drift and nervousness" and that the cloisters of several schools "have already refused" to install cameras.

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