Azzolina: “One year in particular, but we are all doing our best. The school is too important, it must remain open”

“The year that has just started is a special year. I want to remind you that thanks to the great commitment of the teachers, managers and staff of Ata, but also of the families, girls and boys, we have reopened the schools, we have returned to face-to-face lessons, to socialization. There are precise rules to respect and we are doing it and the protocols are working ”.

“The school community is doing everything possible to guarantee the right to study for our children and young people. And we must be all proud. Right now we need responsibility from each one of us. The school is too important, the most important thing is to keep it open, the priority. This requires sacrifices, of course, but we will all do it together for the good of the school. ”

This was stated by the Minister of Education, Lucia azzolina in a video message to the presentation of the data from the XXII report of the National Observatory on the internationalization of schools and student mobility dedicated this year to the international dimension of civic education.

”I want to thank Intercultura – added Azzolina – for the commitment it has had for years to offer our boys and girls to do part of their studies abroad. The issue of internationalization is one of those that we will address with the resources of the Recovery Fund, as I also anticipated in Parliament. The benefits of an intercultural experience during the high school years are becoming more apparent: You don’t just learn a new language. – highlighted – But those transversal skills that the school world has learned to recognize and consider fundamental are also developed, such as problem solving, autonomy of judgment, independence, the ability to know how to move in new contexts, and openness to others. “.

“Is about – he added – of experiences that allow students to become aware of their role in society as active and conscious citizens. Together we can do a great job for our students to open their gaze to the world. The current health emergency inevitably imposes limits on us, but we must look further and be prepared when it is exceeded. We must work today for a more open school, capable of looking beyond its own borders, capable of giving our children new tools ”.