The construction of the Hospital Macarena station of the Seville Metro has begun, marking a milestone in the city's mobility. However, in parallel, families from the Entrenúcleos urban development denounce a serious deficit of educational places, feeling excluded from the school system due to the lack of sufficient centers for the growing demand.
Urban development and the gap in educational infrastructure 🏗️
While the Metro advances with new stations promising to connect key points of the city, residential growth in Entrenúcleos has not been accompanied by equivalent educational planning. The lack of public and private schools in the area forces many families to seek distant alternatives, generating a mismatch between urban development and the provision of basic services, a recurring failure in expansion areas.
They build a tunnel for the Metro but not a classroom for the children 🚇
Residents of Entrenúcleos joke about the idea that their children could study geology inside the Metro tunnel, since it seems easier to dig underground than to build a school. While the machines drill tirelessly for the subway, the little ones wait with backpacks on their shoulders for someone to remember that, to learn, bricks are also needed, not just tracks.