ANPE Cantabria Rejects Changes to Teaching Exams 🚫

Published on February 24, 2026 | Translated from Spanish

The ANPE union in Cantabria has submitted objections against the reform of the teaching access model proposed by the Ministry of Education. They criticize the reduction in the weight of the exam phase, which they consider a detriment to the value of specific knowledge. They also oppose the new valuation of prior experience, as it harms substitute teachers. They demand maintaining the current balance and transparent processes.

A teacher holds an ANPE poster saying No to the exam reform, surrounded by legal documents and a Cantabria flag.

A patch in the selection system: instability in the teaching database 📉

The Ministry's proposal operates like an update with errors in a critical system. Modifying the percentages for exams and merits alters the selection algorithms without guaranteeing an improvement in the quality of the final result. This change of rules in real time generates instability in the database of substitute teachers, who see how their years of service are re-evaluated with a new scoring system, losing positions in the queue from previous processes.

The express exam: when your resume is worth more than your brain 🧠➡️📄

With the new formula, it seems that preparing a didactic program will be as relevant as having noted that first aid course you took in 2005. The system is advancing towards a model where, with luck, the tribunal will ask your name and check that you have submitted all the merit certificates. The exam phase could be reduced to a quick formality, a hello and goodbye, before moving on to the important part: adding points for any certifiable activity. Efficiency above all.