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The European Commission formalizes its position vis-à-vis member countries that seek to return students to school too quickly: the Covid emergency, it argues the Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides, is far from outdated and we must not let our guard down, so that would be the case with extend the Christmas holidays by at least one week. Or continue, for the same period, with distance education. In this way, the risks of returning the Covid-19 infection are reduced.
The reasons expressed by the EU Commission
To reduce the risks of transmission in the post-holiday period “, the representative of the EU Commission therefore asks” to consider the possibility of extending the school holidays “or to use” an online learning period, with in order to introduce a buffer period and prevent the spread of infections in the school. “
The EU commissioner also asks “to evaluate not to allow gatherings” and “consider avoiding religious ceremonies with large gatherings, replacing them with online initiatives, on television or radio.”
In Italy they try to return immediately
Green light, therefore, to the ‘buffer’ period to avoid the third wave of infections: a request that, however, in Italy Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte does not seem to want to continue. Also because, comforted by the pro-back-to-school position of the Scientific Technical Committee, headed Agostino Miozzo who on the same day expressed their position in audience to the members of the committees of the VII Chambers.
A position supported, although with less vigor in recent days, also by education minister Lucia Azzolina: A few days ago the owner of the MI also requested the intervention of the prefects, because they handle the problem of overcrowding of means of transport that students use to go to school.
Who says ‘no’
In the new Dpcm, therefore, at the end of the photo, the indication that opens the return to class of secondary school students from December 14 could be inserted: the fifth class students would return first.
However, the strong perplexities of the Democratic Party and the LeU, strongly anchored in the line more than wait and see Minister of Health Roberto Speranza.
Thus, a few hours after the approval of the Dpcm effective as of December 4, the provision on when in Italy face-to-face teaching will resume for more than two and a half million secondary school students is still up for grabs. We will know more soon.
