Spaniards march for education reform amid budget cuts

In Spain, students and teachers marched to the streets to protest against budget cuts and reforms that are hurting the country's Education sector. 

According to Al Jazeera, demonstrators in Madrid marched to the éducation ministry building in green t-shirts.

They're calling on its ministèr,  Jose Ignacio Wart to résign. 

The Spanish Government has reduced education spending by about 14 percent between 2012 and 2013

The cuts are causing higher tuition fees for college students, fewer grants available to graduate students and reduced school bus services for elementary school students. 

The cuts also come at the expense of more students in school with fewer teachers availiable teach them, according to high school teacher Fernanda Gonzalez.

Gonzalez spoke to AJE explaining that Spain is already dealing with a small budget, and they're still trying to reduce it amid austerity measures.

Spaniards, along with most European nations are currently lagging in performance in Math and foreign langauges, way below the Unions standard. 

Flickr Photo by: EccyLad

STORY WRITTEN BY: SATURN DE LOS ANGELES