iStock/Thinkstock(MADRID) — Thousands of parents in Spain are calling for a ban on weekend homework assignments.
The Spanish Alliance of Parents’ Associations (CEAPA) has planned a November strike for students in 12,000 schools across Spain. The children will not do their assigned weekend homework as CEAPA argues it is detrimental to children, according to BBC.
Jose Luis Pazos, CEAPA’s president, said Spanish educators have been relying too much on memorization work as a learning method.
“Society has changed deeply, but the environment in the classroom hasn’t,” he said according to BBC.
A study from the Programme for International Student Assessment found students in Spain were spending 6.5 hours per week on homework assignments, according to BBC. The average among 38 countries included in the study was 4.9 hours.
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