55% of secondary and vocational training teaching positions in the Balearic Islands have not been filled.

PalmThe Balearic Islands are the Spanish region with the highest proportion of unfilled vacancies in this year's secondary and vocational education competitive examinations, at 54.9%, according to the CSIF union. This year's teaching competitive examinations for secondary and vocational education have left 3,818 of 15,947 vacancies unfilled across Spain, a "serious problem" for the new academic year, as it means that 23.8% of the state's vacancies have not been awarded. These are data compiled by CSIF, whose president, Mario Gutiérrez, denounces the fact that "a quarter of the competitive examination places have been left unfilled, which in itself is serious." "But if you add to this a temporary employment rate above 30%, a shortage of staff in certain specialties, and the low attractiveness of new teaching graduates, this denotes a very serious problem for the Spanish education system," he explained in statements to EFE.

At the national level, the overall percentage of so-called "deserted positions" affects a large number of specialties, especially technical subjects in Secondary Education—Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, and Technology—and Vocational Training—particularly those related to computer science, health sciences, and automotive engineering. This situation contrasts with the reality of the Primary School Teaching Corps, where hardly any positions remain unfilled. However, Secondary and Vocational Training classrooms will not remain empty thanks to temporary teachers, who, following the creation of "extraordinary lists," will fill the gaps left in the technical specialties. A situation that Gutiérrez criticizes as "common."

The Islands, at the forefront

By region, the autonomous city of Melilla recorded the highest percentage of vacant positions (62.5%). The Balearic Islands also have one of the highest vacancy rates (54.9%), followed by Castile and León (53.9%). The Community of Madrid (36.45%), Aragon (28.8%), and Asturias (32.86%) also exceed the national average (23.8%). At the other end of the scale are Catalonia (5.25%), Castile-La Mancha (5.39%), the Valencian Community (15.24%), Navarre (17.16%), La Rioja (17.47%), Galicia (17.81%), and the Region of Murcia (19.69%). Only Cantabria and Ceuta have filled all their vacancies in secondary education, vocational training, and other specialties. The Canary Islands and the Basque Country have not had any vacancies in 2025.

The CSIF education president criticizes the Administration for not fulfilling its promise to have a teaching statute, which would improve and modernize the system of access to the public service for the teaching body, consolidating the working conditions prior to 2020 for the teaching group.