The advancement of final exams and the closing of evaluation records for first-year Baccalaureate has altered the end of the school year in the Balearic Islands' high schools and has opened a growing debate among teachers, families, and students about the real meaning of June now. The decision by the Department of Education—which sets the closing of ordinary grades before June 5 and keeps classes until the 19th—aimed to reorganize the calendar, advance retakes, and dedicate the following weeks to both supporting students with pending subjects and maintaining teaching activity with approved students. However, on the ground, the majority perception is different: absenteeism has soared and effective learning time has been lost.

María Pombo, one of the influencers most followed in Spain, has been the protagonist of two of the questions on the Spanish exam for the Selectividad (university entrance exam) taken by students from the Balearic Islands this Tuesday, the first day of the PAU tests in the Archipelago. Specifically, the content creator appears in the question where students are asked to identify and explain the syntactic relationships established between the clauses in the following fragment: "The controversy surrounding María Pombo regarding reading has demonstrated the capacity that social networks have today to fix a debate in public conversation".

“You’re almost there. You’ve completed a demanding high school program, and now the most important thing is to trust yourselves and arrive with a clear head.” This is the main recommendation made by Fèlix Coll, a former student of IES Biel Martí de Ferreries and one of the students with the highest grades in the 2025 Selectividad (university entrance exam), to the students taking it this year. He achieved a score of 9.35 without weighting and is now studying Electronic, Industrial, and Automatic Engineering at the UIB. Coll offers advice for facing the three days of evaluations in the University Access Test (PAU), which this year will be taken by 4,950 students from educational centers in the Balearic Islands on June 2, 3, and 4. The figure is slightly higher than last year, when 4,860 students participated. The majority of the examinees are from Mallorca (80.9%), followed by Ibiza (9.6%), Menorca (9.1%), and Formentera (0.4%). Women continue to be the majority, with 60.2% of the total.

The trade unions CCOO, UGT and STEI Intersindical have announced the postponement of the strike for 0-3 year olds' education scheduled for this Tuesday, June 2. The organizations explain that the decision has been made "out of strict responsibility" and to guarantee the "legal protection of workers".

Separate students with the best grades from the rest of the students to create an Excellence Bachelor's itinerary. This is the bet of the Department of Education and Universities for the 2026-2027 academic year, which has raised alarms among pedagogues, teachers, and families, who see it as a new step towards educational segregation and a model that questions the idea of inclusive education promoted in recent years. "'Excellent' students must coexist with the rest, because society is like that: diverse," summarizes Joan Jordi Muntaner, doctor in Pedagogy from the UIB. "Contact, relationship, and exchange with diverse people enrich, because the 'good ones' are a model for the rest. Grouping students just because they have a very high performance, is that the only objective?", he asks. With this Bachelor's degree comes a new form of student segregation, which is added to the linguistic one and to the one that will occur with the implementation of the single zone in most of the municipalities of the Balearic Islands.

In the classroom, the ones who need help the most don't always get the most attention. Often, the opposite is true. Among students with visible difficulties and a strained educational system, there's a group that still falls by the wayside: students with high abilities. In the Balearic Islands, there are 3,128 identified, a figure much lower than what is estimated to exist. “It has been little recognized, little understood, and little identified”, explains Rosabel Rodríguez, director of the Program for the Attention of Intellectual High Abilities (PACiS) at the UIB. This lack of recognition has consequences: “They are given very deficient educational attention in general. Many times, it doesn't even exist”.

The Department of Education will regulate the presence of volunteers within educational centers through the entities that make up the Platform of Volunteering of the Balearic Islands. The initiative, which was recently presented to educational counselors, aims to establish a common framework so that the participation of volunteers in centers is developed with clearly defined pedagogical, organizational, and legal criteria.

Marga Prohens' Government will create a Baccalaureate of Excellence –a name chosen by themselves, with all the ideological baggage it implies– and will establish a specific institute to gather the “excellent” students there. It is hard to find a more anti-pedagogical initiative. Or worse still, a more profoundly reactionary one.

At university, group work has consolidated as a key learning tool, in line with the principles of the Bologna Process. But behind the idea of cooperation and preparation for the professional world, tensions lurk, such as inequalities between classmates, diverse evaluation systems, and a question that divides students and teachers: is it really fair how collective work is evaluated?

The Government will launch a new Baccalaureate Excellence Program (PEB) that will begin operating in a newly created center in Palma, named IES Llorenç Villalonga, and which will also have a presence in Ibiza and Menorca through specific classrooms. The initial offer will be divided into two training pathways: one oriented towards Science and Technology and another focused on Humanities and Social Sciences. According to the Minister of Education and Universities, Antoni Vera, the future institute in Palma will be approved shortly by the Governing Council and, provisionally, will be installed in the Sa Riera building of the UIB.

The first Baròmetro of the Social Council of the UIB shows that only 51.2% of students would prefer to mostly receive classes in Catalan, while 40.4% opt for Spanish, in a context of linguistic coexistence but with significant differences depending on studies and territories. The survey, based on 2,067 responses, also reveals that the use of Catalan in classrooms varies significantly between faculties and islands, with particularly unique cases like Formentera, where no student declares wanting to mostly receive classes in Spanish.

The Governing Council has given the go-ahead to the decree that sets the foundations for the new Baccalaureate Excellence Program (PEB), an initiative aimed at fostering and recognizing the academic performance of students with the most outstanding results. As explained by the Executive's spokesperson, Antoni Costa, the program will provide students with additional tools and a specific framework designed to enhance talent during the post-compulsory stage.

First words of the teacher who suffered the homophobic aggression at IES Baltasar Porcel, a case that ARA Balears exclusively reported and in which several minors have already been identified. “I am very grateful for the support received. I finish at the center this Wednesday and right now I am correcting the last exams. I am fine, in fact, I am very well. I have a lot of work, but I feel good,” he explains. “I have a law degree. I had a class with the suspects and I made them read the Penal Code and the Minor's Law, to show them that, even though they are minors, all types of crimes have consequences. They are 16 and 17 years old, and everything has repercussions: even if they don't go to prison, they can be sent to a juvenile center,” he adds in conversation with ARA Balears.

The homophobic episode that a teacher from IES Baltasar Porcel suffered from students has been the trigger for a type of MeToo in the education sector, with various professionals sharing similar experiences of verbal and sexist violence within classrooms. The situation has caused strong indignation among the educational community, which has long warned of the increase in aggressions and disrespect towards teachers, many of them (33%) physical. Professionals consider that the case that has come to light this week is the tip of the iceberg of a broader and often silenced problem.

The subject of Religion in the Balearic Islands This reinforces a downward trend among public school students.While enrollment in state-subsidized private schools has increased, the total number of students enrolled in state-subsidized private schools has fallen from 63,148 in the 2022-2023 academic year to 59,561 in 2025-2026, a reduction of approximately 3,600 students (-5.68%). This decline is particularly significant in the state school system, which has dropped from 24,518 students to 19,552 in recent years, a decrease of 4,966 students, or 20%. This decline has notably affected the presence of Religion as a subject in state schools, where there are fewer and fewer interested students. Conversely, state-subsidized private schools are experiencing the opposite trend: enrollment has increased from 38,630 to 40,009 students, a rise of 1,379 students, or 3.5%.

Fifth and sixth grade students at CEIP Es Vivero presented a rap song, written by themselves, about equality and the fight for women's rights. This initiative took place during a rap workshop led by rapper Rafel Swing at the school over the past few weeks. It is also part of the awareness-raising activities promoting equality and preventing gender-based violence in schools, coinciding with International Women's Day (25-N) and International Women's Day (8-M).

The Teachers' Assembly of IES Alcúdia has "strongly" condemned the recent attack on a teacher at the school after he reprimanded a student, an incident that has generated significant concern within the educational community. However, the teaching staff emphasizes that this is an isolated incident and that it should in no way overshadow the collaborative work carried out with students and families to build bonds, positive relationships, and a sense of belonging. In a statement, the teachers stress that the school is generally a safe and harmonious environment, but warn that the attack highlights a reality that extends beyond this specific case. In this regard, they are calling on the Regional Ministry of Education to adopt effective measures to guarantee a positive environment in schools and to ensure that teachers can carry out their work in peace and security. The Assembly frames this incident within a broader context that, they point out, is increasingly normalizing the violent resolution of conflicts. "It is more necessary than ever to educate in a culture of peace," he argues, while insisting on the importance of joining forces to ensure a climate based on respect and dialogue. He also calls for real support for schools and teachers, with the guarantee that their educational work will be respected and valued. The attack on the Alcúdia Secondary School comes at a time when teachers' discontent is increasingly visible. A recent survey by the STEI union reveals that more than 75% of teachers in the Balearic Islands perceive an increase in conflict in the classroom. According to this study, almost eight out of ten teachers report an increase in verbal—and occasionally physical—aggression from students, and three out of four confirm that this tension also stems from families. Teachers also point to structural factors that exacerbate the situation: high student-teacher ratios, a lack of material resources, excessive bureaucracy, and a widespread feeling of institutional vulnerability. This cocktail, they warn, has a direct impact on both the quality of education and the emotional well-being of teachers. Given this scenario, the Teachers' Assembly of IES Alcúdia considers it essential to strengthen resources, materials, and strategies for conflict prevention and management. The goal, they insist, is not only to react to violent incidents, but to sustainably improve the climate of coexistence in classrooms and ensure that schools remain safe spaces for everyone.

Upon entering CEIP La Soledad, a feeling prevails: the space breathes and embraces. The classrooms are large; the hallways, wide, and the original windows flood the building with light. This environment contrasts with the daily lives of many students, who live in small, crowded apartments. "Working in this school is completely different. Here, in the La Soledad neighborhood, which has been stigmatized, children can feel comfortable, with space and light to grow," explains Encarna Miró, the school's director. Her words capture the living heritage of the Second Republic, when the construction of schools in Mallorca transformed education with an advanced social and pedagogical vision.

The National Police are investigating a teacher in Palma for five alleged cases of harassment of underage students, after an initial complaint filed in late December opened an investigation that has led to the identification of five more potential victims of the same teacher. The investigation began following a complaint from a young woman who reported receiving persistent and repeated calls every day from a blocked number, many of them late at night. According to her account, the calls caused her anxiety and disrupted her daily life. Days later, the victim returned to the police to report that the phone harassment continued. In these subsequent calls, the alleged perpetrator asked if they would meet and told her he missed her. At the beginning of the year, the young woman confirmed that the calls were still coming, but this time from a visible phone number.

The Ministry of Education will urgently repair the stairs at the Joan Alcover Secondary School in Palma after structural problems were identified that could endanger students and staff. The stairs connect the first and second floors and are one of the main access points to the school, with more than 600 users daily. The visit by Minister Antoni Vera comes after complaints from teachers and students, who have even called a strike for February 11. The government has already put out to tender an emergency intervention scheduled for the beginning of the month, although a completion date has not yet been set. The school administration has restricted the use of the affected section and is warning of the need to avoid overcrowding, while technicians analyze whether the structure needs to be reinforced. Possible causes of the cracks include nearby construction work, the installation of the elevator, and a former air-raid shelter. In addition, students are requesting improvements such as higher handrails and safer conditions in the playground.