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Gimeno has assured us that there will be no three-year classroom restrictions on the public network in Navarre, but there will be three years on the concerted network

The Education Counsellor of the Navarre Government denies that her Department has carried out "any kind of aggression against the Euskera." Geroa Bai calls for "social and political clamour" and for data to be reviewed in the concerted to try to keep the classrooms open.

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Carlos Gimeno, Education Counsellor in Navarre.

The Education Adviser of the Navarre Government, Carlos Gimeno, has defended his department's measures on Thursday regarding educational concerts and the reduction of classrooms in the concerted network and has stated that "there is no arbitrariness".

Gimeno has stated that " no three-year classroom units will be reducedin the public school, 19 were planned to be closed, but none will be closed. "He has said that in some schools they will be reduced, yes, but in others they will be increased, so" in all "there will be no restrictions on the public network. 

However, he has announced that according to pre-enrollment data available to them, 14 classrooms will be closed in concerted schools. 

With regard to the affected ikastolas, he has denied that the Department has carried out "any kind of aggression against the Euskera". In this regard, he has argued that the introduction of model D classrooms on the public network "inevitably" affects certain ikastolas, taking into account the overall demographic decline and the number of enrolments.

Geroa Bai: "No more improvisation"

Geroa Bai's spokesman, Pablo Azcona, has considered it "positive" that the Department of Education does not close classrooms for children in public education, while calling for reflection on concerted education as well as listening to the "social and political clamour" that exists, as well as reviewing the data "to see if the classrooms can continue to be kept open."

"No more improvisation, yesterday what was impossible is to some extent possible today, "said Education Counselor Carlos Gimeno following the announcement.

Geroa Bai's spokeswoman has stressed that "we are at a particularly important time for the future of education in Navarre," referring to demographic change. "Budgetary stability and economic data allow decisions to be made for the future," so she believes it is "an ideal time to plan without making decisions that harm the education system in the coming years." 

PPN: "It's an attack on the freedom of families."

The PPN spokesman in the Navarre Parliament, Javier García, has stated  that "there is no technical reason" to maintain the closure of concerted classrooms, which are "ideological reasons behind this sectarian government measure." "It is a double punishment, for families and for the education system of the Foral Community," he said. 

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