President Pedro Sánchez announced this Sunday that the Government is going to deploy a reinforcement plan in mathematics and reading comprehension for students, in reaction to the poor results revealed in these subjects in Spain by the Pisa report that evaluates the educational skills of students. .
Sánchez has assured that he is aware, in light of these reports, that “despite the efforts of young people, our students, and also teachers and families, there are subjects that are tough to crack,” precisely in reference to mathematics and reading comprehension.
For this reason, it has announced that in the next general budget of the State the Government will launch a reinforcement plan in mathematics and reading comprehension for young students. Sánchez has assured that “we are going to do it hand in hand with the educational community.” And this week, according to what he has agreed with the Minister of Education, Pilar Alegría, there will be a meeting with the School Council to promote this “important program.” This was revealed by the president during the closing of the PSOE political convention that was held in A Coruña.
Government sources have assured that this program, in the first phase, will be aimed at students in 3rd year of Primary and all ESO, so it is expected that it could benefit up to 4.7 million students.
The plan will be applied, during school hours, with the splitting of classrooms, so that there are fewer students per class. Also outside school hours, with reinforcement teachers for students with difficulties. In this way, families will not have to resort to paying for private classes for children who need this reinforcement in mathematics and reading comprehension. In addition, a training plan for teachers will be deployed. In a next phase, the program could be extended to Baccalaureate.
Government sources have indicated that, pending the closing of the project of the new general budgets of the State for this year 2024, the program could exceed an investment of more than 500 million euros.
