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Mazón Unveils Plan To Rename Language Academy And Let Students Choose PAU Language

The proposed renaming would require a three‑fifths vote in the Corts Valencianes.

Overview

  • AVL president Verònica Cantó dismissed the renaming bid as “a brindis al sol,” citing the supermajority needed to change the academy’s founding law.
  • The Generalitat will ask the national Ministry of Universities to allow Valencian students to sit PAU exams in Spanish or Valencian or to choose which of the two grades counts.
  • Carlos Mazón criticized the AVL for failing to assert a differentiated Valencian identity in relation to Catalan.
  • The academy is operating after a near‑40% budget cut was partly offset by a €200,000 regional subsidy and a €200,000 pledge from the Diputació de València.
  • Mazón also announced plans to add teaching hours for languages, mathematics and reading, advance free education from 0 to 3 years, and include ETA terrorism in Bachillerato history.