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“The school will continue to attend, a fundamental asset”: the Prime Minister breathes relief to millions of students, parents and teachers by announcing, at the press conference presenting the new Dpcm, that the school will not close. After the election of Governor Vincenzo De Luca and the remote confrontation with Minister Lucía Azzolina, it was feared that the decision to close classes would pass from Campania to the entire national territory. But it won’t. In the end, to lighten the burden of public transport, the compromise found and introduced in the Dpcm was to further modulate the management of students’ entry and exit time in secondary school, also through the possible use of afternoon shifts and, in any case, to organize the start of lessons no earlier than 9.
Distance education
On the other hand, with regard to distance education, it has been foreseen that secondary schools can increase it – but it continues to be complementary to the present one – only in the case of critical local health situations and in any case communicating it to the Ministry of Education. Education. This morning the meeting called by the Minister of Regional Affairs, Francesco Boccia, had started uphill. «The Minister of Transport says that the supply of public transport cannot be increased any further. And at the same time, the Minister of Education says that to reshape schedules and stagger the entry and exit of high school students, thus easing the pressure on public transport, we must meet with a few thousand school leaders. At this point, while the virus advances, in two weeks we will continue talking about what to do, “said the president of Anci and mayor of Bari, Antonio Decaro. The Regions have the same position. “We believe that it is possible and necessary, precisely to safeguard the school in the presence, especially for kindergartens, primary and secondary schools – said the president of the Conference of Regions, Stefano Bonaccini – to have a greater impact on the entrance sections and leaving the schools ”. It was the Regions themselves that requested a specific indication in the Dpcm about the possibility of strengthening in secondary schools, especially for the last three classes, integrated teaching already tested this month, “Because it is not the prerogative of the mayors or the Regions to organize the times and the form of organization of the school autonomies.”
Targeted interventions
Minister Lucía Azzolina, for her part, was inflexible and reiterated what has been happening for days. “Face-to-face schooling is essential for everyone, from the youngest to the last year of second grade,” also because the latter have high school exams, he said. The idea of the minister -and who later joined the Dpcm- is that generalized measures should not be taken, but targeted interventions, territory by territory, and in agreement with school leaders and families. The principals are satisfied, underlining: “Secondary school class start times must take into account the context – explains the president of the National Association of Directors Antonello Giannelli – the situation of local public transport in metropolitan areas is very different from that of small towns. ”
University
For its part, the Ministry of University and Research has set up a control room to assess the impact of the health emergency on the higher education and research system. The universities, having listened to the Regional University Committee of reference, establishes the Dpcm, will prepare, based on the advances of the epidemiological framework, plans for the organization of teaching and curricular activities in person and remotely. “Universities are safe places, teaching is already 50% remote, the lessons are controlled, with the use of masks and spacing, everything has been programmed with specific protocols and maximum attention, it is impossible to do more at the university,” he said. Minister Gaetano Manfredi. Meanwhile, the School Priority Committee has organized principals and flashmobs for Monday in 13 cities in 10 regions. “The closure of schools, and the transition to distance education, would be acceptable only in the event of a total closure of the entire country,” say the promoters. “The school must remain open, it is a priority of this country along with work,” says Franco Locatelli, president of the Higher Health Council.
October 18, 2020 (change October 18, 2020 | 22:39)
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