MALLORCA TODAY - Students prepare for strike

The planned strike for tomorrow (29 February) by university and secondary-school students looks set to go ahead, along with overnight sit-ins in at certain institutions. The protest is against education cuts (and also against cuts in other sectors). Against this background, the mood of students and parents, some of whom have, together with teachers, backed the protest, is likely to be darker following an announcement by the Balearic Government that the cost of buying educational materials will rise for both primary and secondary schools as from the next school year (which starts in September).