The Generalitat de Catalunya has announced a call for competitive examinations with 1.100 Secondary education, vocational training, and fine arts and design teaching positions. The process is scheduled to begin as of March 2026, following the official communication made to the unions at the Sectoral Table.
According to the Department of Education and Professional Training, the offer includes 1.089 11 places for the 2024 replacement rate and 11 corresponding to the 2025 offer. The specific bases will be published in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat of Catalonia (DOGC), which will detail requirements, phases and deadlines.
Calendar and processing
Educació plans to start the tests from March 2026, with the consequent publication of the resolution and its annexesThese documents will include the bases of the selection process, the structure of the tests, and the distribution by specialty.
The administration has already reported to unions with representation This Tuesday morning. The call is part of the public employment offers of the Generalitat de 2024 and 2025, with the aim of stabilizing staff and ensuring service continuity.
Distribution of places by bodies
The competitive examination includes places for the following: teaching bodies secondary education, specialists in specific sectors of vocational training, teachers of fine arts and design, and teachers of fine arts and design workshops.
The proposal submitted to the sectoral table indicates an estimated distribution of 1.033 Secondary education positions, 34 for teachers specializing in specific areas of vocational training, and 4 for visual arts and design workshop teachers, in addition to 11 for the visual arts and design corps. These figures may be slightly adjusted in the final decision.
In this call There will be no vacancies for primary school teachers., a decision that has drawn criticism from some union representatives. USTEC, for example, has lamented the limited supply and lack of vacancies for teachers.
The Department argues that the priority responds to the replacement rate and the current needs of the system, focusing on the renewal and consolidation of the teaching staff to strengthen public education.
Specialties with the greatest offer
Pending the resolution, Education has provided forecasts by specialty. The following stand out: areas with the highest number of parking spaces:
- Maths: 182 places.
- Catalan language and literature: 147 places.
- Spanish language and literature: 114 places.
- English: 63 places.
- Physics and chemistry: 70 places.
- Health and care procedures: 70 places.
- Computer systems and applications: 60 places.
These figures are still provisional and may experience minor adjustments when the official call is published in the DOGC.
Background and recent reference
In the last opposition resolution, corresponding to 2024, they were taken out 495 Secondary school teaching positions. In previous years, the Generalitat (Generalitat) promoted far-reaching stabilization processes that amounted to thousands of places in the Catalan education system.
With the current announcement, the Government underlines its intention to strengthen the workforce and cover permanent absences due to retirement or other causes, in line with the replacement approved in public job offers.
Interested persons should follow the publication in the DOGC closely, where the details will be specified. participation requirements, documentation, complete calendar and criteria for evaluating merits and tests.
This is a call that puts on the table 1.100 opportunities for teachers in Secondary, FP and plastic arts and design, with a start planned from March 2026, with a majority distribution for Secondary and specialties with high demand such as Mathematics, Catalan and Spanish, pending final confirmation in the official resolution.