ABSTRACT
The participation of the church in the education of youth is natural in a country so openly proclaimed Catholic as is Spain. The number of church schools, especially at the secondary level, has increased as a result of this right being granted by the government. Schools organized and maintained by the church are called church schools to distinguish them from the state schools, which are also Catholic. All financial affairs of church schools are in the hands of the founding religious bodies which control them. Teachers in church schools are freely appointed by the appropriate authorities, but their qualifications must fulfil the requirments demanded by the state schools. That is to say, primary school teachers must have obtained the official diploma of primary school teacher; secondary school teachers must be graduates of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters or of the Faculty of Sciences, and a doctorate is required for university teachers.
