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May 16, 2020 "I launch an appeal to the world of schools, teachers and educators, so that in the summer months a voluntary educational response for vulnerable children or children with special educational needs is opened and that educational poverty created due to of the pandemic. " This was stated by the President of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Marco Impagliazzo, who presented the results of a survey on distance learning carried out on a sample of 800 children from 6 to 10 years of age, residing in 27 neighborhoods in a video press conference. of Rome and enrolled in 44 primary schools, according to which more than 60% were unable to take lessons online.

"Some children, especially the most vulnerable, have not fully enjoyed this right and therefore it is right that they recover that part of the right that has been removed from the virus. We must look at these months also with the eyes of the children who resisted in this very difficult situation. Therefore, I appeal voluntarily to all those involved in school: teachers, teachers, school managers, educators, employees in cooperatives, volunteers and families ".

"I hope that the government and the Ministry of Education can take into account this appeal, which comes from a community that has made voluntary work and free commitment its strong point, so that all possible spaces in schools are open and given the opportunity to operate to all those who, on a voluntary basis, wish to contribute to the creation of a small group school ", concluded the president.

In Rome more than 60% of children without lessons
61% of children between 6 and 10 years of age in Rome did not take online lessons. Many of these were assigned tasks without explanation or forwarded communications on the electronic register or whatsapp without the possibility that they could be transposed. About 1 child out of 2 twice a week has an hour and a half of lessons "underlined Impagliazzo, illustrating the data of the survey carried out in Rome. Alarming numbers in the light of which" it is necessary to appeal to the entire school community and institutions ".