Overview
- The Basque Government has approved a collaboration to introduce 'Neurehizki', a standardized digital instrument for psychopedagogical evaluations in 1st and 2nd grade Basque-medium classes.
- 'Neurehizki' runs specific reading tests in Basque to identify decoding and comprehension problems so educators can target each pupil's support needs.
- Education officials said the tool will be rolled out gradually between orientation teams and inclusion services and that school professionals will receive training to use it properly.
- Local life continued around the policy move with mid-July community events reported across the region, including Urrategiko Eguna neighborhood festivities, Zarautz rowing successes, a staged revival performance of Ikimilikiliklik vol.2, a Zarautz choir concert, and a guided bird-song walk in Azpeitia.
- The initiative responds to university research that found weak Basque reading habits in some classes and fills a gap by offering a language-specific, standardized assessment that could speed tailored interventions for 6-to-8-year-old pupils.