The Partido Regionalista de Cantabria (PRC) registered a proposición no de ley in the Parlamento de Cantabria to launch a school programme called “Pasaporte Cantabria”. The initiative aims to enable primary and secondary school pupils to learn about the Autonomous Community’s history, cultural heritage and traditions first-hand.
PRC MP Paula Fernández Viaña presented the proposal in Camargo during a visit to the Cueva de El Pendo and the El Pasiego cheese dairy. According to her, schools would in future organise visits to selected places from a region-wide catalogue, including museums, historic sites and cultural institutions. The trips would be accompanied by age-appropriate educational materials; the children’s and young people’s participation would be recorded in a physical or digital passport with stamps.
According to the PRC, the plan is for municipalities, museums, cultural institutions and associations to work together to develop suitable learning pathways for different school stages. The programme is not intended to be purely recreational, but to be integrated into lessons. To ensure that rural areas can participate on equal terms, the party is calling on the Gobierno de Cantabria to arrange funding and organisation so that neither where families live nor their financial circumstances determine access.
Politically, the PRC links the proposal to the debate over the currículo cántabro. Fernández Viaña accused the regional president, María José Sáenz de Buruaga of lacking the will to implement agreed points on the curriculum from earlier budget agreements. The regionalists believe Pasaporte Cantabria should help systematically incorporate regional content into school education.
It remains unclear whether the regionally governing Partido Popular (PP) will support the proposal or put forward its own alternatives. Implementation depends on parliamentary support, budget decisions and coordination between the Parlamento de Cantabria, the Gobierno de Cantabria, local authorities and education providers. A decision on the timetable and details is still pending; the initiative is not binding and requires further resolutions to take effect.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).