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T.I.L. Back to School? Teachers Threaten Strike Action. Unhappy about the concept of teaching subjects in Castilian Spanish, Catalan, and English for the second academic year running, teachers throughout the Baleares are meeting to discuss how to react, given that the education authorities are determined to continue with the three language education policy. So far it appears that there will be limited industrial action in the first school term, but the exact nature of the action is as yet unclear. If no consensus is reached with the education authorities then, there could be a full on strike by teachers in April 2015. In the dispute which has been ongoing since the inception of the TIL (Tratamiento de Integracion de las Lenguas) three language teaching system, teachers have complained at the lack of training they have received to enable them to implement the initiative, and the detrimental effect it is having on education. In a recent statement the Consellera de Educación, Cultura y Universidades, Joana Maria Camps defended the TIL saying the scheme is working and that the results are (Continued on page 2)