Francoism does not appear in the History curricula for ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education) under the LOMLOE (Organic Law for the Modification of the Organic Law on the Right to Education).

PalmThe Franco regime does not appear in the LOMLOE secondary school history curriculum. Nor is there a specific section in the basic knowledge curriculum that refers to this period. It is absent from the new curriculum introduced by the PP government this year, and it was also absent from the previous Pacte government curriculum. The reason is that the state decree implementing the curriculum does not place the Franco regime in secondary school, but rather introduces it in upper secondary school (Bachillerato). This fact, therefore, opens the door for a student to complete compulsory education without ever encountering the dictatorship.

The Geography and History department of the IES Santanyí school denounced in January 2025, during the processing of the current curriculum (then in draft form), that there is a "very serious" historical gap, from 1939 to 1975, during which the country suffered greatly. Thus, in the section dedicated to the history of Spain, the topic is skipped directly. Spain from 1900-1939 in the following section, entitled The democratization process in Spain"Without any explicit reference to the Franco regime." "This omission represents a serious deficiency from a historiographical and pedagogical point of view," they lamented.

"Francoism not only profoundly marked the contemporary history of Spain for almost four decades (1939-1975), but also had direct consequences for the democratic transition process. This process cannot be properly understood without understanding the dictatorship that preceded it, how it functioned, and its legacy," he explained. In response, the Santanyí Secondary School demanded that this omission be rectified in the curriculum and that the study of Francoism be explicitly included "as a fundamental stage in the history of 20th-century Spain." "This would guarantee rigorous and comprehensive instruction, in accordance with the scientific and educational criteria necessary for quality historical training," they stated.

Repeated omission

According to other history teachers from schools throughout the Balearic Islands, the term 'Francoism' also did not appear in previous curricula (from the time of the left-wing coalition government). Instead, the curriculum focused on democratic memory, the Holocaust, totalitarianism, and so on. "The problem is that the basic knowledge covered in the courses isn't presented in strict chronological order. The draft of the new curriculum (the one currently in use) is a specific proposal of topics to be covered, arranged in a specific order, and it makes Francoism much more prominent," explained a teacher from the Part Forana region at the time. Therefore, neither the previous nor the current curricula mention one of the darkest periods in Spain's recent history.