More than 90% of universities are providing online training, with high student satisfaction. A good 94% of the lessons were delivered online, with access to the platforms by 1 million and 200 thousand students , against a total of approximately 1.5 million students enrolled in Italian universities. 70,000 exams were conducted online in the first month alone .
These are the numbers announced by Gaetano Manfredi, Minister of University and Research , during his speech at DigitalTalk. "The whole emergency operation was managed with the aim of ensuring continuity of the action, that is, by suspending lessons with physical presence but without interrupting the activities of the universities , which would have resulted in the suspension of a series of deadlines (exams, deadlines for achievement of credits or for the participation of students in foreign exchanges, tax relief, etc.), and therefore dramatic problems for the restart ", explains Minister Manfredi, during his speech at DigitalTalk organized by the Ottimisti e Razionali Foundation with thirty authoritative representatives of the Italian manufacturing world.
"What will be needed in the post-emergency phase - he underlines - are tools for social decompression. The strong emotion experienced today will allow us to systematise an approach that some universities had already started to experiment: a blended offer, which combines activities in presence in online activities, much more integrated and inclusive ".
