CEAPA, a collection of parent associations, think that Spanish schools are giving a huge number of homework and have asked for "homework strikes" for the weekends of November.
Huffington Post says that under the terms of the strike, participating parents "will formally ask schools not to set homework over November weekends,"
"If schools do anyway then parents will send in a note excusing their children for not having done the work with the explanation why," their statement said.
The Local reveals that homework setting guidelines depend on regional educations authorities. For example, Madrid recommends that children are given 10 minutes daily homework in Year One or five-year-old. It increases by 10 minutes each year even though parents complain about it.
A survey done by CEAPA states that one in five children spent two-and-a-half hours a day doing homework and more than 58n percent of parents believe that their children's grades suffered if they did not complete it.
Also, 41 percent of parents believe that their children receive too much homework. 28 percent says it is "way too much" and 13 percent consider it "excessive". Majority of the kids also agreed, saying that they didn't get sufficient rest or have time for extracurricular.
"The general perception is that more and more homework is being set as time goes on," José Luis Pazos, president of the El Pais chapter of CEAPA, told the Local.
"School work simply must be done at school," he added.
Overall, the strike is a part of a wider campaign to reduce homework and follow a system more similar to Finland, which has one of the best education systems in the world, where children start school only when they are seven-years-old and they are also not given homework.
Moreover, it's still unclear how many families will participate in the strike and what will happen if the children end up breaking it by deciding to do their homework anyway.
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