New linguistic controversy in the Balearic Islands.STEI The union has expressed its strong disagreement with the proposal from the Balearic Government's Department of Culture to update the equivalency of ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education) and Bachillerato (Upper Secondary Education) qualifications with official Catalan language certificates. The initiative plans to lower the minimum grade required to obtain a B2 level in Secondary Education and a C1 level in Bachillerato from 8 to 7. The union denounces that this measure is justified by the need to adapt to the new qualitative grading system, but considers that, in reality, it represents another concession by the Popular Party government to Vox's demands to "devalue and belittle" the Catalan language in the Balearic Islands. According to STEI, the decision contrasts with indicators that point to a progressive decline in the level of Catalan proficiency among students year after year.