To raise a family of seven, a mother has to work hard and do a lot of numbers. embody grau She is 62 and was the first music teacher horn with a degree in Spain, in 1980, but now after nearly four decades of interim teaching, he remains unemployed because he does not have the Valencian degree. And he filed a “complaint” to the Generalitat to claim his position.
“Ex dramaticunfair, discriminatory: they have taken away the rights of a lifetime, so much so that now they tell me ‘go home’ “, complains this” religious “fighter, as she defines herself, who does not remain without adjectives to let off steam seeing herself on the subsidy
His helplessness after seeing his name, like so many other times at the beginning of the course, the first on the list of the job market, but for the first time without an assigned place. “He participated”, appears in the official document.
This exclusion for language requirement reminded him of other times of the dictatorship, as an act “authoritarian“It is not suitable for democracy.”Franco He died when I was 15 and my father commented at home ‘what a pity that there are people who, in order not to swear by the Movement, for its ideals, go to pick oranges’, and now the same thing has happened to me, they have left It was because I didn’t enter the photo, «he says.
To add to the paradox, Encarna was born in Alzira, lives in Xàtiva and is a Valencian speaker. In fact, she speaks indiscriminately to her students in the language that everyone prefers, including a Romanian student. “The language of music is universal, and if I don’t have a Valencian degree, don’t rate me, but if I’ve worked and tried, I’ve taken the exam, so vote it for those who have it and appreciate it, while I I want other things to count ”, he asks the Generalitat Valenciana, as a more equitable decision.
Although it has a oral Valencian title, did not approve the request of the Department of Culture, Education and Sport, which a few years ago approved a moratorium for teachers who do not have one. “To follow the course is very difficult, there are people who have finished high school and have always had the Valencian as a subject, and they are rejected”, he emphasizes. In fact, due to his age, she never learned Valencian in school, high school or university. His other well-known colleagues graduated in the summer, with an intensive course that cost 2,000 euros, but with such a large family, Encarna excluded, he couldn’t afford it.
“There are also teachers who come from other communities, they pass the degree only because it is required and then in class they always speak Spanish, it makes no sense,” he compares.
His situation is practically unique due to the instrument, the horn, there is only one full-time post in the region, which he has occupied by seniority, while violinists and other teachers have been sent to Requena and other Spanish-speaking areas, an impossible option for Encarna.
“We ask the Generalitat to reconsider”
«An excellent teacher is prohibited from continuing to practice his profession, with the moral and economic damage that it entails. who benefits? We ask the Ministry to reconsider and readmit this teacher, “he explains. Gloria Lagopresident of the We speak Spanish associationattempting to redirect the exclusion of this professional.
Encarna turned to this entity because it defends the freedom to use official languages. “There is a lot of talk about Catalonia, but linguistic discrimination occurs in all bilingual communities, which is why on Sunday 18 September Hablamos Español asks protest in 14 cities of Spain «, announces Lago, to encourage participation in these simultaneous events, one also in Brussels.
“My lawyer tells me that next year I will be able to retire and that now I will have unemployment, but I speak of unfair laws for those who will come later, the next generations”, Encarna rebels, calm a little because at least for his age, this situation of impotence will not be prolonged excessively. Nevertheless, he confesses that he does not make it to the end of the month, because the collection of unemployment “is still in the air”, he has not confirmed it, and it would always be a salary lower than his salary, with which he has always had to make do wisely to carry on seven childrenfour of which are still entrusted to her and her husband.
“Just to take the Valencian exam, I’m already a hundred euros, and with a large family I couldn’t even think about it, as others have done go to other communities of Spain without the language requirement, ”he adds, awaiting a response from the Generalitat to his complaint presented at the beginning of August. “We know everything is legal, but the laws aren’t always fair,” he says.
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