Overview
- The Basque Government Council has approved a cooperation agreement to introduce Neurehizki, a standardized digital tool developed with the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language to assess reading processes in Euskera for first‑ and second‑grade pupils.
- Neurehizki will be incorporated gradually into existing psychopedagogical evaluations for 6‑ to 8‑year‑olds, and school teams will receive training so results can shape individualized learning plans and support measures.
- Officials say the tool fills a clear gap because there was previously no standardized digital instrument to evaluate reading in the language in which many Basque children learn to read.
- Parallel to the policy step, grassroots summer activity is active across the territory with the month‑long EuskarAbentura youth expedition (about 130 participants) visiting Goierri and other towns while local festivals, concerts and theatre productions keep Euskera in public use.
- Education authorities and local organisers expect Neurehizki to change how early reading difficulties are identified and supported, which could shift classroom interventions, resource allocation, and teacher training needs in primary schools.