Education Minister Ángel Hernández said he would appeal the Supreme Administrative Court’s (TSA) ordinance that mandates the teaching of the Constitution, the environment and road safety education in the country’s schools and colleges.
The minister claims that this is a sign of ignorance of the curriculum currently implemented in classrooms. Hernández pointed out that these contents are regularly taught in classrooms through content focused on subjects such as Spanish Language, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Mathematics, as well as cross-cutting themes focused on civic and moral issues, the Constitution, the environment, and road safety education, through capsules, booklets and other resources.
“This ruling is due to the lack of knowledge that judges have about the curriculum design. In the country, content is organized in two ways: as subjects, which are offered in one grade, and as transversal axes, which are always taught in several subjects, cycles and modalities. They are taught throughout the educational process as values,” Hernández said.
It is recalled that on July 17, the Higher Administrative Court approved an action for compliance protection filed by the Bar Association (CARD), which orders the Minerd to arrange and guarantee the teaching of the Constitution, the environment and road safety education in all public schools and private colleges in the nation.
He stressed that, although the decision of this high court instructs the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of the Interior to unite efforts with the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of the Interior to bring these issues to the classrooms, the Ministry of Education already has agreements and projects focused on achieving these objectives.
