The countdown is here. Less than 24 hours are left for them Catalan students do you face the University access tests (PAU)which will be done with A week late with respect to the other autonomous communities from Spain. From Wednesday 11 to Friday, June 13, students must complete exams they will present Some modifications and that have not been exempt from controversy During the last days.
For example, one of the issues that have been spoken most has been that of The new rule to qualify spelling offenses. Previously, All subjects were likely to subtract in the final qualification in case the student presented some type of grammatical error. Subsequently, it became official that these mistakes They were only going to decrease in the final grade of the subjects that were linguisticso those that were not of that typology (also included those of humanities) would not be affected. And finally, It has been rectified and now it will be the following disciplines that reduce the note For some spelling failure:
- Spanish and Spanish Language and Literature
- Latin language and culture
- Greek language and culture
- Geography
- History
- History of philosophy
- Dramatic literature
What is the easiest selectivity exam?
However, this is not what so much worries, but also The use of Spanish and Catalan, ideologization have come into play with which students must complete history tests and the ease of selectivity between some communities and others. Referring to that difference between examinations in different territories, statistics of the PAU of 2024 They are conclusive and have yielded the following data.
The community that possessed the greater number of approved was Castilla y Leónwith 98.6% of students. This followed the following: Rioja (98.4%) and the Valencian Community (98.3%). For their part, those that had A minor rate were Canary Islands (92%) and Estremadura (95.8%). As for the official numbers of 2022, The most prominent percentages They were the following: La Rioja (99.36%), Madrid (94.52%), Canary Islands (93.63%), Extremadura (93.57%), Galicia (93.22%) and Murcia (93.1%).
In this sense, one could point out that Those communities that have the most difficult exams are Canary Islands and Murciaand the one that has them easier is La Rioja. However, These theories are not entirely conclusive since the curricula of each center prepares differently from their students. It is difficult to determine where the selectivity is easier or more complex. However, what can be reflected is that Pau is more demanding in Castilla y León, the Community of Madrid and Catalonia, and less in La Rioja, the Valencian Community, Navarra and Andalusia.
Students could have “a biased vision”
Are 17 Pau different It is one of the reasons why Vox has shown his discontent and demanded the right that citizens have to a single evidence For everyone. To this is added a political campaign that encourages the free choice of students to opt for Perform exams in Spanishand the rejection Towards that in history exercise You have to take the role of a historical character. Teachers are also critical, since they consider that this could encourage “A subjective or biased vision of the facts according to the assigned role”as he has pointed out The debate.
In the exam, students are also claimed to interpret and value historical facts from Spain that already happened at the time, something about which they have also positioned against teachers. They point to this reasoning “I could open the door to ideological readings or the politicization of the contents, especially in sensitive issues such as civil war, the Franco regime or separatism “.
“The Generalitat tries not to do the Pau in Spanish”
Julia Calvetdeputy of Vox, has insisted that all Catalans have the Right toexamine in Spanishdespite what “The Generalitat always tries to be the minimum possible number”. In turn, You wanted to show your support to the 40,000 Catalan students who will have to face the selectivity during this weeks.
“They are difficult days because they have to demonstrate everything they learned throughout the year”he explains. Of course, he has not forgotten all the modalities of Pau in Spain and He has expressed his desire that he hopes that by 2026 there is a single selectivity. From the party the objective of set aside inequalities and that a Cutting note Based on the same curriculum.