Education for Citizenship and Human Rights (Spanish: Educación para la Ciudadanía y los Derechos Humanos, abbr.
This subject was born upon a recommendation of the Council of Europe that states the necessity of education for citizenship, in order to promote civic and human values.
[1] Several sectors as the conservative People's Party (Spain) and progressive Movements of Pedagogical Renovation have opposed the introduction of this subject.
Although outstanding leaders of the Catholic Church have been against it, labelling it as totalitarian,[2] other sectors such as CEAPA (Spanish Confederation of Student's Parents) do not disapprove of EpC, understanding that the curriculum proposed by the government does not overflow the mere education of the most elementary human rights.
As of January 2009, the Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that attendance of the Education for Citizenship course will be mandatory for all students.