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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - faculty]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Education cuts public teacher training while promoting private training.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/education-cuts-public-teacher-training-while-promoting-private-training_1_5643903.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/4886e92f-f954-4377-a6b2-5b38c32556a9_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Balearic Ministry of Education is proposing a profound restructuring of the Teacher Training Centers (CEPs) system in Mallorca, which will be transformed from four independent centers – Palma, Inca, Manacor, and Calvià – into a single, centralized CEP for the entire island, according to the draft order obtained by ARA Baleares. Its current locations will be reduced to branch offices. In practice, the measure dismantles a model that has been in place for decades and has raised serious concerns among unions and teachers, who warn of a loss of accessibility, personalized attention, and quality in ongoing teacher training. Meanwhile, the San Cayetano School and the San Pablo CEU University Foundation have announced the creation of a new Higher Teacher Training Institute in Mallorca, offering continuing education and professional development programs for teachers, academically validated by the CEU San Pablo University. The announcement is part of CEU's expansion in the Balearic Islands, with the launch of the Beato Luís Belda university center, a project that has been surrounded by controversy due to its authorization process. Thus, while the Catalan Ministry of Education aims to reduce and centralize the public teacher training structure, the private sector is gaining ground in a key area of ​​the education system. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaume Cladera Mas]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:30:06 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The STEI union denounces the reduction in pedagogical advisors and the loss of training quality, while the Ministry says that teacher training centers "will continue to function normally".]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Disciplinary proceedings against teachers: "They're just the tip of the iceberg."]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/c48f043f-9909-4805-8042-8b20a9c83f84_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>In every school, there are "rotten beans" teachers, according to a person close to the Department of Educational Inspection of the Regional Ministry of Education (DIE). This term refers to those professionals who do not perform their duties diligently, deteriorate the teaching environment, disrespect their duties as civil servants, and consequently harm students and the image of the education system. All this at a time when the work of teachers is the subject of constant political debate.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaume Cladera Mas]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:01:06 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The Inspectorate lacks the power to intervene in the discipline of state-funded schools.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Problematic professionals, despite being a minority, hinder the daily operations of schools, affect the confidence of the educational community and harm students.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The PSIB denounces a "political purge" in teacher training colleges: "An Excel spreadsheet was shown with the names of the 12 dismissed."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/education/the-psib-denounces-political-purge-in-the-teacher-training-centers-an-excel-spreadsheet-was-shown-with-the-names-of-the-12-dismissed-teachers_1_5446616.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/4886e92f-f954-4377-a6b2-5b38c32556a9_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The PSIB (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) denounced a "political purge" in the Teacher Training Centers (CEP) following the dismissal of 12 advisors and asserted that it will involve both the elimination of positions and the placement of individuals "by hand." "For the second consecutive summer, the Regional Ministry has promoted a new blacklist," said Amanda Fernández, the PSIB's Education spokesperson in the Parliament and general secretary of the Socialists of Mallorca. "July 15th was the advisors' last day of work, and a meeting was held between the directors of the CEPs and the Regional Ministry. At the meeting, the Director General of Universities, Research, and Higher Artistic Education, Sebastià Massanet, "showed an Excel document with the names of the 12 advisors who would not continue" and "toward the sanity of all services, they would not be continued." He wanted to state in the minutes that he was unaware of anything," Fernández said. "It's a list drawn up by the director general, who doesn't even know who the advisors are because he's been managing the Training Service for a month. Therefore, it's a blacklist by Minister Vera, which continues the radicalization of Marga Prohens's government," he explained. "Vox says teachers indoctrinate, and the PP remains silent, but it executes by dismissing those who don't agree," he lamented.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaume Cladera Mas]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:49:12 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[According to the complaint, the head of the Training Service wanted to make it clear that he knew nothing about the intentions of the Ministry.]]></subtitle>
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