Academic year to start in early September as talks between authorities and unions fall through
Education department says plans for next year fixed after unions fail to attend sector meeting
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Schools in Phase 2 areas to open on June 1 but student attendance will be optional
Traditional lessons will have to wait till September as centers required to prioritize in-person learning in plans for next academic year
9-N trial proceedings focus now on Ministry for Education’s role
The trial over the 9-N symbolic vote on independence in 2014, which took before Barcelona’s High Court former Catalan President Artur Mas amongst other members of the Government continues. This Tuesday, after Mas and former Catalan Ministers Irene Rigau and Joana Ortega’s testimony, the judges are analysing the role of the Catalan Ministry for Education in the non-binding consultation and several education inspectors and high school directors have testified on this matter. The magistrates aim to find out whether the cession of educative centre as polling stations on the consultation day constituted a crime. The Public Prosecutor has accused Mas, Ortega and Rigau of disobedience and breach of trust for allegedly ignoring the Spanish Constitutional Court (TC) ban over the 9-N symbolic vote.