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The use of distance education in high school, even at two-thirds of the average in areas where infections are greatest, is a painful and unavoidable decision that negates the large amount of money spent returning to classes. But like other decisions that involve sacrifices, such as the restrictions imposed with the last Dpcm, it is due to the return of massive infections (in the last 24 hours, 37,809 new positives, compared to 234,245 swabs, 2,515 cases in intensive care). and unfortunately 446 dead) that overwhelms government projects. Just look at what is happening in other sectors: such as transport, tourism and restaurants. This concept was expressed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, during mastershow “Restaurants, a political issue”, organized on November 6 by Corriere della Sera.
The premiere: we have prevented
“There is a vulgar – said the prime minister – according to which the government did not prevent the pandemic. The government “instead” has invested billions in schools, transport, universities, security protocols even on the beaches, but despite everything the pandemic has arrived. And now we have to adopt graded measures in a different way to get out of that, ”Conte concluded.
Money spent, but how?
In fact, a few billion have been spent on the school: for the safety of schools, for the purchase of more than two million single-seater desks and 400,000 innovative wheelchairs (a third of which have yet to be delivered to schools). schools). , for the hiring of 60,000 teachers and the so-called ATA Covid (which will be hired until the end of the school year) and for local authorities, which were given the possibility (with a weak response) to host too many students in schools following compliance with the minimum distances of one meter.
The problem, in any case, was not the investment, but the methods chosen to implement it.: Failure to turn in desks before the start of face-to-face lessons applies to everyone, with a few thousand schools still waiting. With the final joke that when the single-seater desks arrive (with or without wheels), hopefully in the coming weeks, the students will no longer be in school, but will again be forced to take lessons from home.
“We hope to return to normal soon”
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte spoke on this point a couple of days ago: commenting on the latest Dpcm published, the Prime Minister said that “sending students to dad is a very heavy feat. And as soon as the curve is controlled, one of the first measures will be to return teaching in the presence of as many students as possible ”. Now the emphasis has come: the cessation of teaching in presence is due to force majeure.
Transportation: chaos is served
But it is perhaps in public transport, especially local transport in large urban centers, metropolises such as Rome, Naples, Milan and many other capitals, where the investment has not had any practical effect. In fact, meetings on buses and the subway have forced secondary schools to first open after 9 am and for some days to suspend face-to-face teaching altogether.
The same Minister of Transport, Paola De Micheli (Pd), said that “the Ministry intervened to highlight the urgent need of companies and regions to ensure compliance with containment measures, the strengthening of all controls, constant monitoring of the evolution of transport demand “. But then, with the last school hours, the situation got worse.
In any case, the government has moved in transport only since June: an admission that Minister De Micheli also made, during the hearing held this week in the Senate and following the question posed by the senator of the Northern League, Mario Pittoni, vice president of VII. Commission.
Bernini (Fi): they are denying reality
However, the prime minister’s words today do not please the opposition. Second the president of the Forza Italia senators Anna Maria BerniniGiuseppe Conte never devoted himself to “a word of self-criticism: this morning, on the contrary, the prime minister even blamed the pandemic for having returned despite the investments made by the government in schools, transport and health protocols.”
“However, denying reality does not hide the responsibilities: the second wave of Covid was in fact highly anticipated, but the programming was lacking and the investments were bad, see skateboards and benches with wheels, while no agreements were made with equal schools and with private transport companies to decongest the public service. But the most serious deficiency is the lack of strengthening of the health system, with the stubborn refusal of funds from the MEDE “, Bernini concluded.
