"The sense of this initiative is to make children aware of the meaning, experience and scope of our Constitution and above all of citizenship education because you cannot be conscious citizens if you do not know the fundamental principles and spirit of our Charter constitutional".
This was stated by the Minister of Education, Giuseppe Valditara, illustrating to the Senate the initiative supported by Palazzo Madama and entitled 'The hour of the Constitution', which consists of a cycle of monthly lessons on the Constitution reserved for middle school students and above.
The minister added: "I want to summarize in one word: the centrality of the person with respect to the State. Understanding that the State is a function of the person is a message from a
"I believe everyone's commitment is the best demonstration of the value of a project which I am proud to have been born in the Senate and which I have shared and supported with enthusiasm since the first hour, in the belief that the study and knowledge of the Constitution, of the rights it thus establishes how the duties it imposes are an indispensable condition for building solid foundations of identity and an authentic spirit of national cohesion".
Thus the president of the Senate, Ignazio la Russa, in the message sent to the organizers of the project "The hour of Constitution", a cycle of lessons on the Constitution that will be held in the Senate from 23 February with various constitutionalists and in the presence of students from some middle schools and superiors selected ad hoc.
The president then underlined the hope that the
A Constitution lesson, one a month, for many students present in the Senate building and others connected in streaming.
Objective, to become an "influencer" of the Constitution.
It is the initiative supported by the Senate and entitled 'The hour of the Constitution' which foresees a cycle of meetings with constitutionalists who will illustrate the main articles of the Constitution to the students.
The contents will also be disseminated through the Ansa website.
The idea of the cycle of insights came from Alberto Balboni, president of the Constitutional Affairs commission of Palazzo Madama.
"I spoke about it with President La Russa who encouraged me to go ahead - he explained in the presentation to the press in the Nassyria hall of the Senate - and then with my friend and now minister Giuseppe Valditara.
I started from the law approved in 2019 which provides for the study of civic education and the Constitution, but then in our schools there is little talk of the Constitution.
So the idea of this initiative is to make our Charter fully known".