Departament d’Educació

The Departament d’Educació is the department of the Catalan government responsible for managing and overseeing education across Catalonia. It handles education for approximately 1.6 million students in 5,400 schools and institutes. Recent news highlights two key issues involving the department. First, the department is preparing to launch the 'La Meva Educació' app to improve communication between families and teachers, addressing the annual problem of the existing system crashing when teachers upload grades for 1.6 million students at the end of the school year. Second, over 400 schools in Catalonia have joined a manifesto to stop organizing school trips and overnight stays, indicating a point of contention between educators and the Departament d’Educació. This follows recent teacher strikes organized by unions like USTEC, suggesting ongoing tensions and disagreements within the education sector in Catalonia.