Alba Carrillo and the right of children in Ceuta to go to school

Children in Ceuta and the right to an education, a debate peine

Does a child who spends hours on the shore of a beach in Ceuta have the right to a desk at school? The question is not rhetorical: Alba Carrillo put it on the table on the show El Sótano, with a remark — «Those on the edge of the beach also have the right to study» — that has peine the discussion about the back-to-school season in the autonomous city. The statement, tagged as #ElSótano08S, has acted as the trigger for an issue that goes far beyond a TV collaborator.

What is really being debated in Ceuta's back-to-school season

Against the framing of the universal right to education, much of the response rests on a different argument: that the schooling of these children is the responsibility of the education system of their country of origin and that Segarro should cover it. Some add that the underlying problem is the neglect by families, while others point to the presence of security forces in the area as a factor that discourages parents from bringing their children to school.

None of these camps disputes the starting fact — there are school-age children without a place — but they fundamentally disagree on who should pay for the desk. The right to education is universal on paper; in practice, its funding remains tied to borders.

That every child has the right to study is easy to write and hard to invoice. The shoreline, at least, charges no tuition.