The former minister intervenes on the strategy to guarantee the school in the presence
After the interview with affaritaliani.it, in which Lucia Azzolina he made explicit his criticisms of his successor’s handling of the pandemic in schools Patrizio Bianchi, the worsening of the health situation pushes the former minister to new utterances on the point: “Faced with a scenario that is now very likely for a further growth in infections after the holidays, the strategy to guarantee the return to school in attendance in January is built on two sizes: Ffp2 bezels And tracking. School managers and families are already pointing out some perplexities, on which we need to reflect by finding effective solutions, quickly “.
Ffp2 masks only to some teachers: this is not enough
Compared to Ffp2 masks, the M5S deputy highlights some critical issues: “They will not be distributed to the entire school population. Not even all the staff. Apparently, they will be provided only to teachers who are in contact with students who for some reason are exempt from the obligation of masks. A little bit. I understand the fears of many in these hours “.
On the tracing, the Regions cannot do it
Equally pessimistic is the view on tracking: “At the beginning of December it has already gone haywire and infections were a tenth compared to today. The promised intervention ofarmy it did not produce the desired effects (swabs in 400 schools out of 40 thousand certainly cannot be considered decisive). Now it says that ‘each Region will develop a new device’ for tracking. Bad news. We are asking the same Regions that for a year and a half have been struggling to come up with a new plan for one overnight mass screening over millions of students. In a few days. Not just an attribution of responsibility to the Presidents of the Region. While in the country the pads are missing and the staff to get them. If this is the situation, we need to worry ”.
Political will is needed for school in the presence
The former Minister of Education does not just report the problems, but also proposes alternative solutions: “The first and most important measure to guarantee school in the presence remains the political will to have the school in attendance. And luckily there is. The Prime Minister Dragons can only confirm the line promoted in recent months and clearly reaffirmed even a few days ago. But with the infections that risk exploding, repelling the assault of those who want to close everything will be very difficult in the absence of new concrete and credible measures “.
There are two lines of action outlined by Azzolina to safeguard both the health of students and face-to-face teaching: “We still have time, at least for two operations: massively extending the supply of Ffp2 bezels and extend i Ata worker contracts, fundamental for organizing the distancing as well. In the Budget Law, the funds for the renewals were only partially raised, we know. But the Ministry can still decide to use them immediately to confirm all those workers until the continuation of the state of emergency, then awaiting the identification of further resources. The school managers, who contact me on a daily basis, are waiting for answers “.
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