 Hello. I am the storyteller. And today we will talk about Barcelona. The city is also the capital of the province of Barcelona and the Barcelona's Comarca. Barcelona is governed by a city council formed by 41 city councillors, elected for a four-year term by universal suffrage. As one of the two biggest cities in Spain, Barcelona is subject to a special law articulated through the Carta Municipal. According to this law, Barcelona's city council is organized in two levels, a political one, with elected city councillors, and one executive, which administrates the programs and executes the decisions taken on the political level. This law also gives the local government a special relationship with the central government and it also gives the mayor wider prerogatives by the means of municipal executive commissions. It expands the powers of the city council in areas like telecommunications, city traffic, road safety and public safety. It also gives a special economic regime to the city's treasury and it gives the council a veto in matters that will be decided by the central government, but that will need a favorable report from the council. The comasio de govern is the executive branch, formed by 24 councillors, led by the mayor, with five lieutenant mayors and 17 city councillors, each in charge of an area of government and five non-elected councillors. The plenary, formed by the 41 city councillors, has advisory, planning, regulatory and fiscal executive functions. The city council has jurisdiction in the fields of city planning, transportation, municipal taxes, public highway security through the Guardia Urbana, city maintenance, gardens, parks and environment, facilities, culture, sports, youth and social welfare. It is made up of departments which are legally part of the city council and by separate legal entities of two types, autonomous public departments and public enterprises. The seat of the city council is on the plaza de Sant Jaume, opposite the seat of Generalitat de Catalunya. The PP hold eight seats, ICV-5 and ERC-2. Since 1987, the city has been divided into 10 administrative districts, Chutant-Vélia-Chample-Sant's Montjuic-les-Courts-Saries-Saint-Cervais-Gracia-Ordeguin-Ardot-New-Barris-Saint-Andreux-Saint-Martí. The districts are based mostly on historical divisions, and several are former towns annexed by the city of Barcelona in the 18th and 19th centuries that still maintain their own distinct character. Each district has its own council led by a city councilor. The composition of each district council depends on the number of votes each political party had in that district, so a district can be led by a councilor from a different party than the executive council. Barcelona has a well-developed higher education system of public universities. Most prominent among these is the University of Barcelona, a world-renowned research and teaching institution with campuses around the city. Barcelona is also home to the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and the Neuropompo-Fabri University, and, in the private sector the Eda Business School founded in 1957, became the first Barcelona institution to run manager training programs for the business community. East Business School, as well as the largest private educational institution, the Ramón Lúl University, which encompasses internationally prestigious schools and institutes such as the Esad Business School. The Autonomous University of Barcelona, another public university, is located in Belaterra, a town in the metropolitan area. Toulouse Business School and the Open University of Catalonia are also based in Barcelona. The city has a network of public schools, from nurseries to high schools, under the responsibility of a consortium led by city council. There are also many private schools, some of them Roman Catholic. Most such schools receive a public subsidy on a per-student basis, are subject to inspection by the public authorities, and are required to follow the same curricular guidelines as public schools, though they charge tuition. Known as the Schools Concertates, they are distinct from schools whose funding is entirely private. The language of instruction at public schools and the Schools Concertates is Catalan, as stipulated by the 2009 Catalan Education Act. Spanish may be used as a language of instruction by teachers of Spanish literature or language, and foreign languages by teachers of those languages. An experimental partial immersion program adopted by some schools allows for the teaching of a foreign language across the curriculum, though this is limited to a maximum of 30% of the school day. No public school or escala concertata in Barcelona may offer 50% or full immersion programs in a foreign language, nor does any public school or escala concertata offer international baccalaureate programs.