This is your last news to see this monthThis summer 3 months for €9.95.Subscribe and save 50%Already a subscriber?Log inYou have news to see this monthYou have 1 news left to see this monthThis summer 3 months for €9.95.Subscribe and save 50%Already a subscriber?Log inThe 10 key news of the dayTwo children use tablets in an educational center./ AFPThe access that schoolchildren have to new technologies as tools for their learning in schools worries their families.Especially when, in their own homes, schoolchildren also have mobile phones or tablets at hand.It is the B side of the commitment to digitization in educational centers.There is consensus that it is necessary, but the number of hours that schoolchildren can spend in front of screens, from a very young age, is seen as "abuse" by their elders.With these ingredients, their parents believe they can cause problems in their school performance.These are the perceptions gathered in a qualitative study on the new Basque Education Law carried out by the consulting firm Gestiker on behalf of the Basque Government.It seeks to know the assessment and experience of fathers and mothers with children in Primary and Secondary, both in the public network and in the concerted one.In addition, the report highlights that families have a good concept of the quality of teaching in the Basque Country, but see points for improvement such as the revision of methodologies."The vast majority" do not know that a new educational law is being worked on.The digitization debate.The early immersion of schoolchildren in digital technologies alerts some families.Concern is growing about the number of hours a day that they can spend in front of devices, between school hours and those they invest in their own homes.In fact, one of the consequences of the pandemic has been the notable increase in the use, among the smallest, of mobile phones, tablets, computers and everything related to online connections.The last report of 'EU kids online' (minor online) four years ago established that children aged 9 to 10 spent two hours in front of the screens;and in the case of adolescents between 15 and 17 years old, 4.1 hours.Figures that, today, according to experts, fall far short.The study shows that parents believe that "so much technology" is causing "problems in the learning process."In their daily experience they see how "it affects their levels of oral and written comprehension", or that their children "have difficulties expressing themselves", not to mention the spelling mistakes that they describe as "terrible".The Basque Department of Education has made a firm commitment to promoting digitization at all educational stages.Thus, it has launched a digital transformation plan in which, over the next three years, it is going to invest 202.6 million euros.Previously, it has provided personal computers to students from 5th grade (11 years old), who have been in contact with screens in class since the beginning of compulsory education.For this reason, the report reflects parental views that are often echoed in any conversation about early schoolchildren."I don't see it necessary for 7-8-year-olds to have a tablet", "it is impossible to separate them from their mobile" or "the pandemic has gotten a lot out of control, they work too much with technology" are arguments that are beginning to gain strength among the community of parents concerned about what they consider "an abuse" of the technology, according to the report.Quality of teaching.The study also indicates that families are satisfied with the quality of Basque education and consider that they have a “good academic level”.They value the low dropout rate.Ratio of students per classroom.They consider the ratio of students per class to be reasonable, although they appeal to a personalized educational model.They ask that the numbers "keep going down".Basque.The vast majority of families appreciate "the effort and support" for Basque.They consider it a cultural wealth, as well as "a necessary bet of the country".They believe that bilingualism facilitates the learning of other languages.Situation of the ikastolas.More and more families see with good eyes that many ikastolas are integrated into the Basque public network.They even consider that the differences between these concerted centers and those of the public network are becoming smaller.Revaluation of Vocational Training.The commitment to quality is felt in Vocational Training (FP).They emphasize that the image of these studies has changed and that the students come out very well prepared.Methodologies and evaluations.They demand a stronger innovation of learning methodologies.They criticize that they study "based on memorizing everything" and lament that "there is not a week that they do not have an exam."academic content."Classic content and little operational and adapted to today's society", this is how they define the content that is taught in schools.They want language teaching to be strengthened, values ​​recovered and teamwork encouraged.They also request more presence of issues of "equality, emotional education, sexuality or sustainability."Continuity of educational stages.It appeals to the need to maintain "the same learning model" from Primary to ESO, which would facilitate, according to families, the adaptation of students from one stage to another.Teacher stability.Parents ask to stop the "excessive rotation" of teachers, "especially in public schools."Special needs.All families insist that teaching must be "inclusive" and "leave no one behind academically."Bullying.There is evidence of a "growing concern" about situations of bullying and the environment of coexistence in schools.The "lack of authority" of parents and teachers is worrying.Concerns "the increase in aggressiveness" and "the lack of tolerance" of the students, also "a multicultural population with different values ​​in the centers."Therefore, they request to know what are the measures that are applied in case of bullying.New Education Law.The “vast majority” of families are unaware that the Basque Government is working on a new Basque Education Law.They support the creation of the Basque education system with doubts about what the differences in the models will be.They approve of his commitment to inclusion, gratuity, the multilingual model and the secular nature of the centres.