It is important to keep teaching in the presence and there is a strong concern for the consequences that a prolonged closure of schools can have in terms of psychological impact and school dropout.
The World Health Organization and Unesco take the field alongside the Minister of Education Lucia Azzolina to reiterate that the impact of infections in schools is limited, that transmission among students occurs mainly outside school and that probability of contagion is lower in children and that it is advisable to make school closure measures as limited and circumscribed as possible.
It was Minister Azzolina herself who urged the meeting to discuss the evolution of the pandemic in the school environment which was attended, among others, by the regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, and the deputy director of WHO , Ranieri Guerra, the President of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, the Coordinator of the Technical-Scientific Committee for the Emergency, Agostino Miozzo, the President of the Italian Society of Pediatrics, Alberto Villani, the Director of INAIL, Sergio Iavicoli .
"As Minister I am convinced that we must make every possible effort to keep schools open. It is our duty to guarantee quality education to our students and our students", reiterated Azzolina.
Meanwhile, in front of several Italian schools, the "School for Future" movement is back, made up of students who ask for lessons in presence.
Next to them, there is the School Priority Committee for which from 4 December - when the last Dpcm expires - all children must return to class.