Vote education
To change everything!
OpenBecause of the Covid-19 crisis, education has featured prominently in public and media discussions, but this is not enough to see improvements in challenges that have been on the table for too long. If we do not want any student to be left behind and if we need a truly equitable and quality education system, we need political will and strategic commitment.
The main problem of the education system and the great challenge of the next legislature is the lack of equality. We are at a historic crossroads, and to take this leap forward it is essential to take on these challenges with ambition and determination: school segregation, educational support for all, ending absenteeism and school dropout, quality and universal education for 0-3 years, and educational inequalities outside school. They must be a priority for political parties and candidates, and they must prove they have the concrete proposals to deal with them.
For this reason, the Fundació Bofill has developed Vota Educació, an initiative to give the main challenges of equality a prominent position in the Catalan elections. We want and believe that these elections should be about education, and that the next legislature should be one of education.
The future of education is also being decided in the February 14 elections, which is why, in these parliamentary elections, political parties must work to facilitate this much-needed transformation of the education system. This F-14, whatever you vote, Vote Education!
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Marc Garriga
Director of Communications
A graduate in Journalism of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), at the Giny Comunicació agency Marc Garriga has engaged in communication consultancy for entities, enterprises and public administrations, and works on the design and implementation of communication projects. He always …
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Fathia Benhammou
Director of Programmes
Fathia Benhammou completed a Teaching degree programme, specialising in Early Childhood Education, at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). She also holds a master’s degree in Social Exclusion, Cultural Diversity and Socio-Educational Intervention from the University of Girona (UdG). She h…
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Mònica Nadal
Director of Research
With a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Mònica Nadal also holds an MPhil in Women’s Studies from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland). Since May 2014, she has been the Research director and a member of the executive team of Fundació Bofill,…
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Héctor Gardó
Project Manager
With a PhD in Education Sciences from Ramon Llull University (URL), Héctor Gardó also holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and has completed a master’s degree in Public Management at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF). He recently under…
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Miquel Àngel Alegre
Project Manager
Doctor in Sociology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He has worked as an analyst at the Institut Català d’Avaluació de Polítiques Públiques, coordinating evaluations of educational, social and labour policies and programmes. He was previously a Ramón y Cajal researcher and directo…
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Elena Sintes
Project Manager
PhD in Sociology and bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Sciences from the University of Barcelona (UB). With extensive experience as a researcher in public policies of time and education, Elena Sintes has done research at the University of Barcelona and at the Autonomous University of B…
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Enric Aragonès Jové
Director of the Education 360 Alliance
After obtaining a Music degree at the Catalonia College of Music (ESMUC) in the Pedagogy speciality, Enric Aragonès Jové studied an interuniversity master’s degree in Public Management from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the University of Barcelona (UB) and Pompeu Fabra University (UP…
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María Segurola
Head of the DeSegregAction Project
A graduate in Journalism from Ceu San Pablo University, María Segurola also completed a master's degree in Public and Social Policies (Johns Hopkins University and Pompeu Fabra University-UPF). She has experience as a journalist in news media and in the corporate communication world. Her career has …
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