voices are heard say it is necessary to invest more in education in the Canary Islands because it is devoting 25% of the budget of the Autonomous Community. Well forget commitments before the Parliament itself and the public Canaries. From AMPAs Coordinated Tenerife not forget (see Annex I). Those same voices ignored, for example, in the Canary Islands in 1998 was devoted to education 30% of the budget. We went back, like a crab. Why now spend less? Also ignored in any serious study uses the percentage of education budget by a country, region or autonomous community as an indicator of investment in education. The indicators used are the percentage of investment in education relative to GDP (gross domestic product), ie about the wealth of a region, and the average expenditure per pupil.
The first indicator, did not advance until 2006 Canarias one iota (4.5% of GDP), that is until data are available. Without doubt, the 2010 and 2011 cuts will mean a significant decline in this indicator. The second indicator, according to a recent study (2010), Canary Islands is at the bottom, next to Madrid in expenditure per student in non-university education. Canary is not investing heavily in education, it is the Autonomous Region led the investment, rather stuck and tail. Adequately cover the losses of teachers requires investment, addressing students in their diversity requires investment, improve public education offer a line of increasing the quality and equity requires investment. Recent statements responsible for analysis of PISA in the Canary Islands as it backs it clearly stated that more investment is needed "not only economically, but expectations and aspirations." According to the expert in education, greater economic investment is needed: "we need more investment in education," he said. The rate of investment can be influenced by socioeconomic status, but if our intention is to create conditions for increased educational and cultural level of all citizens, what is needed is not more cuts in education (as it is doing the Canary Islands Government) but investment (as recommended experts), to at least the average of OECD countries in relation to Gross Domestic Product (PIB.).
Annex I
"In order to increase employment opportunities for our people, we must continue to improve training standards of the canaries. Canary Islands has experienced a breakthrough but can not be complacent. Society changes, develops, and the educational system faces new challenges, the result of a global society that demands professionals. To do this we must begin by strengthening the foundations: financing. This new government is committed to ensuring adequate funding of the education system increasing in the next four years the education budget to approach optimal levels of investment in relation to gross domestic product, the average of OECD countries. "
( inauguration speech Mr Paulino Rivero Baute, July 2007 .)
In Santa Cruz de Tenerife, February 17, 2011
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