The Spanish Minister of Education, Jose Ignacio Wert,
planned to cut funding for the Erasmus programme. In his opinion, he said that this money
should go to those who needed it more.
After a rebellion in his own political party, Partido
Popular (PP), he has had to back down. He was also under pressure from the EU
who said that they should have notified
them about this before as this
meant that lots of students already abroad were going to lose their grants. Furthermore,
the students that still hadn’t left, were going to lose their opportunity to take
part.
Not only did this pressure come from his political party but also from students who went
on various demonstrations to make their point clear. What they were fighting
for was a chance to study abroad and so experience living away from home as
most Spanish students tend to stay at home while doing their degree.
To my mind, I’m worried about the present government. Not
only will they withdraw this funding next year but also they are beginning to mess
around with our education system.
For futher information visit this web page: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/05/spain-student-funding-cuts-erasmus
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