Overview

• About 8.3 million pupils return to class this week as autonomous communities resume on different days, with Asturias beginning today under a unified calendar.
• Galicia opened the year with 302,843 students and a record 31,766 teachers, according to regional president Alfonso Rueda.
• Education unions cite mass summer cessations and roughly 30% temporary contracts and have called a Galicia demonstration for 13 September and a nationwide strike for 25 September.
• Regions roll back routine device use, with most E-Dixgal schools opting for hybrid digital‑paper materials and a planned Galician law set to bar individual tech use before 5th grade.
• Facilities vary widely as new Pla Edificant classrooms come online in Valencian towns, flood‑hit zones use prefabricated rooms, and some schools start classes alongside unfinished works.