In Catalonia, more than 1,300 primary and secondary school directors, including from Lleida, have signed a letter to the Catalan government and parliamentary groups asking for urgent changes to the education system. Their main request is for faster, legally sound procedures to remove teachers who repeatedly fail to meet professional standards.
The letter was sent to President Salvador Illa and Education Minister Esther Niubó. It sets out a wider list of demands, which the directors say are needed to address what they describe as an unsustainable situation in schools.
The proposal on teacher accountability appears in the document’s section on school autonomy and staff management. The directors want non-continuity procedures for staff lacking professional competence, with full legal guarantees and objective criteria. They say school leaders should be able to review whether a teacher should remain in post or stay on the job list if they are repeatedly judged unable to teach properly.
The signatories also say the current system is collapsed, pointing to a chronic lack of resources and heavy workloads. They link their concerns to the PISA 2022 results, which placed Catalonia among the lowest performers in Spain and below the European average, with historic lows in mathematics and science.
Beyond staffing, the directors want the full implementation of the Staff Decree, including interviews and profiled positions so teaching teams better match student needs. They also want school leaders to play a central role in staffing decisions, rather than acting as bystanders.
The letter also calls for the Catalan Education Law, known as the LEC, to be backed by investment equal to 6% of GDP. The directors say this is needed for structural reform, along with a country pact to protect education from political changes and improvised decisions. The document asks for an executive and budgetary commitment by 19 June to begin the changes. More Catalonia news