This investment, announced on September 25, 2020, primarily aims at knowledge transfer and improving the quality of the Catalan educational system. The plan will span four years and seeks to consolidate Catalonia's position as a hub for high-level researchers and professionals.
Concurrently, the local reality highlights infrastructure challenges. The Cinc Sènies Institute in Mataró began its fourth year on September 14, 2020 using temporary modules, having previously rejected the installation of external classrooms. This situation reflects the strains in educational space planning within the Maresme region.
“"There will be outbreaks in schools, but we must lose the fear and control the social alarm."
The 2020-2021 academic year was heavily conditioned by the opening protocols detailed in mid-August, designed to minimize the risks of Covid-19 contagion. At the municipal level, the Mataró City Council took steps to ease the financial burden on families by freezing the prices of municipal nursery schools for the same academic year.
