School, Bianchi: "Immediately to work to return to presence"
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February 15, 2021 "We need to give certainty to the students, to the teachers. The size scares me a little. I'm not used to living away from home all week when I am almost 69 years old. It will be a tiring experience. One thing is certain. , however: we will communicate things when we have achieved a result and we will achieve the result by studying. During the week we decide, I am well aware of the need for information on Maturity ".
So Patrizio Bianchi, Minister of Education, in an interview with La Repubblica.
"Let's start by saying that teachers and students worked a lot in 2020, this must be acknowledged. And let's say, then, that the delays and shortcomings are different, depending on the area, the schools. Here, we will have to intervene on that segment that has suffered from distance learning, especially adolescents in the South and inland areas. The pandemic has exposed the gaps and inequalities existing in our country. Those who were already at a disadvantage due to their personal or social situation, have become even more impoverished . We must always remember that each macro intervention will ultimately concern individuals, "he added.
"We will bring the students back to the classroom, as we reopened the schools in Emilia after the 2012 earthquake. There were hundreds of schools in pieces then. The safety of the schools, both pandemic and structural, will be a strong point of my mandate. We will bring the children back. in the classroom with the right caution and the investments of the Recovery Fund ", explains Bianchi.
"Investments, I speak as an economist, are important. More important is to put school back at the center of Italian development".
"Maturity? I arrived a day ago, have pity. I know that a great investigation has already been made and I always have respect for the work carried out by those who preceded me. During the week we decide, the boys stay calm", concludes Bianchi.