Schools in Segrià and Lleida announce drastic measures due to educational crisis

Early childhood and primary schools in the region and capital suspend field trips and camps due to lack of resources and teacher overload.

Generic image of textbooks on a desk, symbolizing education.
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Generic image of textbooks on a desk, symbolizing education.

Teaching teams from early childhood and primary schools in Segrià and Lleida have announced strong measures, including the suspension of field trips and camps, to denounce saturation and lack of support from the Department of Education and Vocational Training.

This decision, communicated through a manifesto, arises after several mobilizations without obtaining real solutions from the administration. Education professionals consider the current situation unsustainable, threatening educational quality and the dignity of their work.
Among the main reasons leading to this structural crisis, teachers highlight the lack of professionals and excessive student-teacher ratios, which hinder personalized attention. They also point out the need to support continuous student enrollment with adequate human and material resources, as well as insufficient means to guarantee inclusive education that addresses student diversity.
The manifesto also highlights the loss of professional and social recognition, with teachers taking on additional tasks without corresponding financial or time compensation. The overload of responsibility in field trips and external activities, which involve unpaid overtime and significant legal responsibility, is another critical point. Furthermore, they denounce the increase in bureaucracy, which distances them from teaching, and salary conditions below the national average.
In response to this situation, the centers have agreed on temporary measures for the 2026-2027 academic year. The most notable is the suspension of planning and contracting of field trips and complementary activities, including overnight camps. Some centers have also decided not to serve as practical training centers, not to conduct training outside school hours or festivals, and to suspend tutorials or initial meetings outside school hours.
Teachers emphasize that this decision does not imply a renunciation of the pedagogical value of these activities, but rather a provisional measure to demand adequate support to guarantee long-term educational quality. The goal is for these actions to be reversed once their demands are met by satisfactory government action.