The pilot plan to bring mosses to schools has alarmed the Catalan educational community

The Generalitat de Catalunya intends to take the Mossos d'Espadra to the 14 institutes of ESO, Bachiler and Vocational Training, without uniforms and without weapons, with the aim of improving coexistence. This is a pilot programme that will be launched in April.

Although the Department of Education of Catalonia has not made public the names of the centres that will participate in the programme, according to trade union sources, the programme will be launched, among others, in the educational areas of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Vic.

The proposal has alarmed the Catalan educational community, and teachers in three schools have already refused to take part in this pilot test. There have also been protests in several schools where the programme is to be launched. They question the effectiveness of the measure and warn of the risk of introducing "covert surveillance mechanisms" into the school environment.

In protest, the Government of the Generalitat has defended its pilot plan and has ensured that the presence of officers in schools will always be "voluntary"and that" no one will be forced to participate in the initiative ", while stressing that the project began work in September 2025 because various actors had asked for help in managing conflicts in schools and improving prevention.

Testimonies in Euskadi Irratia

Oier Ibarguren , Professor of Vocational Training in Barcelona, has told the microphones of Euskadi Irratia that the measure has caused "a stir and surprise" in the educational community, criticizing the fact that the police forces are the right people to mediate conflicts that may arise in schools "when the real problem is structural." In this regard, he has recalled that schools have long been demanding more educational resources, such as "the introduction of psychopedagogues."

Aloña Gorostidi, a professor at High School and High School in Catalonia, said she had heard about the measure in the press and expressed concern that such initiatives could be extended to other stages of education, such as primary school.

Aduna Olaizola , coordinator of the USTEC (one of the main educational unions in Catalonia), has recalled that the decision has been taken "without consensus". She has described everything as "absurd and obscure", eta has stressed that the issue "has not gone beyond any negotiating table".

So he says that they only agree with the Generalitat with one sentence: "It is true that coexistence is being difficult. We agree with that, but the diagnosis is totally wrong: we have few human resources, and that is what teachers have been demanding for a long time. The answer is education and not strength . "