Education claims "the best organized teaching management process in years"

PalmaThe Department of Education has on Tuesday championed the results of this summer's teacher placement processes, which it considers "the best organized in years," and has assured that they will allow the school year to begin with practically complete staff. The Minister of Education, Antoni Vera, highlighted that 2,381 out of the 2,417 structural vacancies offered to interim staff have been awarded, a coverage of 98.4%, and attributed these figures to the advancement of the opposition exams to May.

"It has been a success. It is the best organized teaching staff management process in years," Vera stated. The minister assured that "more positions have been awarded than ever before and, by the end of July, we have practically all vacant positions covered," which, he said, will provide "greater stability" to educational centers and to the teachers themselves.

In total, more than 4,500 teachers have obtained a position during the different summer processes. After the transfer competition and the provisional assignments of permanent civil servants without a definitive position, the Ministry has awarded the structural vacancies to interim staff and civil servants in practice. In parallel, it has also resolved 82% of the service commissions requested by teachers who had asked to change centers.

Vera defended that these results are a direct consequence of bringing forward the opposition exams to May, a decision that generated debate. "We already said that it was not a whim or an arbitrary decision. We explained it because it would allow us to advance the summer processes and start the academic year with fuller staffing than ever before," he affirmed. According to the minister, the new calendar has also allowed for "a faster incorporation of civil servants in practice, advancing the award procedures and providing greater stability to centers and teachers."

The head of Education also stressed that, despite the initial controversy, the opposition exams have registered the highest participation in recent years. "This year, more candidates than ever have applied," he said, recalling that in 2025, 829 people registered, while this year 1,082 candidates have done so.

Another of the notable novelties has been the advancement of the first substitution process to the month of July. The Ministry explains that these positions are not structural vacancies, but places that have a holder but are temporarily vacant due to medical leave, secondment, or service commissions. "We have achieved a historic milestone. Thanks to the advancement of the opposition exams and the twenty days of margin we have gained, we have been able to carry out the first substitution process in July," stated Vera.

In this first procedure, 572 substitutions were offered and 448 were covered, 78.3%. According to the counselor, this will allow the large September process to be much smaller than last year's. The next substitution process will open on August 28, and subsequently, ordinary and urgent procedures will take place every week to cover the absences that occur.

Ibiza has more than the rest of the islands combined

Regarding structural vacancies, there are only 36 left to be allocated: 11 in Mallorca, two in Menorca, and 23 in Ibiza, while in Formentera there are no pending ones. Vera has assured that these positions represent approximately 1% of the structural needs of the educational system. "These are very good figures. The pending vacancies are positions that no one has been allocated and for which we cannot find candidates," he stated.

The pending positions mainly correspond to specialties with a shortage of professionals. In Mallorca, they affect areas such as technology, jewelry, IT, economics, German, and Greek; in Menorca, classical culture and French; and in Ibiza, some specialties in restoration, Catalan, and marine installations.

The counselor concluded that, overall, "99% of the positions are filled" and that educational centers will be able to face the start of the course on September 10 "with practically complete staff weeks in advance," which will also facilitate the planning of teaching teams and the travel of teachers who have to work on an island different from their place of residence.