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发帖数: 19398 | 1 Chess to be taught in Spanish schools
Spain’s government is set to add chess to the school curriculum after
politicians of all stripes unanimously agreed on the proposal.
A Spanish parliamentary education committee announced they had agreed to "
urge the government to introduce the Chess in Schools programme in the
Spanish education system in accordance with the European Parliament’s
recommendations."
Politicians from all parties met to discuss whether chess should be added to
the Spanish school curriculum and, despite negotiations lasting until the
very last minute, unanimously agreed to approve the proposal.
Popular Party spokesman, Francisco Cabrera, urged politicians to "remember
the great importance of Spain in the history and evolution of chess and that
modern chess, with its current rules, was invented in Spain around 500
years ago."
Representatives from the Grupo Catalan, a group of Catalan party
representatives in parliament, were initially more skeptical despite the
autonomous community having recently promoted a study on the educational
benefits of chess, reported Spanish daily, El País.
Carried out by the Universities of Girona and Lleida, the study showed that
students who study chess as a school subject have a higher level of
intellectual development across a range of parameters, as well as seeing
their maths and reading results improve.
Despite initial reservations, Carme Sayós, from the Grupo Catalan, voted
in favour of adding chess to the school curriculum in Spain.
Pablo Martín from the Socialist party (PSOE), who presented the proposal,
said that playing chess in school "improves memory and strategic capacity,
teaches students to make decisions under high pressure and develops
concentration, with a very low economic cost," El País reported.
The next step will be for the issue to be debated by a commission from the
Ministry of Education, who will have the final decision because they are
made up of members from all of Spain’s autonomous communities. |
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