The status of teachers of Religion Confronts the Board with the Church

The Information Office of Bishops of the South (Odisur), who umbrella-Andalusia, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla-disseminated through a communique on its website that the owner of Andalusian Education apologized at the meeting held last Nov. 11 by the "chaotic start of course in the subject of Religion." One end that the very Jimenez denied yesterday from Almeria, as Europa Press reported. Jimenez declined to "assess" the communique but concluded that "at all" started the period 2008-2009 as the body ensures that the Church but, he argued, has been marked by the guidelines of the new law. The counselor called the meeting to be held at the headquarters of the Ministry in Seville with the apostolic administrator of Malaga, Antonio Dorado Soto, for "cordial and friendly" and the release issued by Odisur maintained that the interview took place "in an atmosphere fraught with affability. " Despite the positive tone in which the match-Counseling represented by its proprietor and the Deputy Minister Sebastian Cano-and-Odisur with Monsignor Dorado accompanied by the technical secretary of Education Francisco Ruiz-reducing the number of hours of classroom teachers who suffer Religion is the topic of friction. A drop that Bishops of the South as "drastic". The new legislation which referred to Teresa Jimenez represents the adequacy of the new Education Law (LOE), namely that the ESO in the subject loses an hour. The Board also argues a reduction in demand among students. However, since the very Counseling ensure all "due to the student who is applying lessons of Religion." Odisur sources confirmed yesterday that the counselor will specified that his apology was due to the delay in the convening of a joint commission between the parties which must take place three times a year, though not celebrated since 2007. In any case, the communique Odisur remained on the Internet last night in anticipation of another who had planned to make public today. In Andalusia there are nearly a thousand teachers of religion without a specific agreement. In this way, and after a meeting between the groups affected, it was found that teachers with more seniority are those who lose fewer hours.