Overview
- The Education Ministry presented unions with a draft law setting national maximums of 22 pupils per class in primary and 25 in ESO.
- The proposal also fixes weekly in‑class teaching at up to 23 hours in infant, primary and special education and 18 hours in the rest of non‑university stages.
- Most pupils with special educational needs would count as two for ratio calculations, and regions would be obligated to provide the human and material resources required for inclusion.
- Talks are ongoing after a second formal meeting with unions, and the text could change before it proceeds to the cabinet, Congress and the Senate.
- A phased rollout is proposed, with teaching‑hour caps and the double‑counting rule starting next school year and class‑size limits introduced gradually toward full application by the 2031–32 school year.