Coronavirus, news from MIUR: all about closing schools, professional salaries, online teaching, loss of school year. From today schools closed in Naples, Palermo and in the Marche

NEWS ON SCHOOLS CLOSED ON FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The Minister of Education Azzolina this morning on Radio 24 provided important information on the closure of the schools in recent days – remember that today the 26 Marches, Naples and Palermo were added to the list – on how it is being managed and how it will be managed. coronavirus emergency regarding the world of school. The minister said that:

• Online lessons
  The ministry has activated collaborations with partners such as Tim, Rai, Treccani for distance learning. “To ensure adequate infrastructure, we will also allocate resources, “he added, underlining however that he hoped that” schools will reopen as soon as possible. ” guys have it“he said.
• There is no risk of losing the school year
  “I can reassure you that there is no risk of our students losing the year. Schools in their school autonomy may also plan to extend the year but it will not be necessary because we have activated a task force to guarantee distance teaching“added the minister.
• For stop trips: refunds provided
  “Parents will be reimbursed but agencies also need an answer. (…) “We hope that starting from March 16th we can also start going on educational trips again, it depends on the epidemiological situation of the next weeks“.
• The teachers who are at home do not lose their wages
  “The teachers are not at home due to illness but due to force majeure, they will not have a deduction from their salary“.
• Possible closure of schools but localized
  If the steps taken to stem the spread of coronavirus “will have immediate effects, from next week we can think of school closings on a provincial basis, linked to the areas of the outbreak“and no longer regionally as it is now.

CLOSING SCHOOLS AND CORONAVIRUS, ATTENTION TO FAKE NEWS

On Monday and Tuesday news followed on the closure of schools and universities but the MIUR, regarding the circulation of unverified information, warmly invites not to take into consideration any news concerning schools that does not come from or is confirmed by official sources. “Any indication relating to the school sector “ – declared the MIUR – “will be made public by the Ministry of Education, through its institutional channels and social channels. It is important that everyone does their part to avoid the circulation of unfounded or unverified news and rumors“.
To remove any doubts on the matter, the Prime Minister Conte at a civil protection press conference on Tuesday 25 February said: “We can suspend education trips but there is no reason to suspend school and production activities in areas not directly affected by a coronavirus outbreak “.
Despite the government’s invitation and an agreement between it and the other regions, Marche Region Governor Luca Ceriscioli unilaterally decided to sign an ordinance to close all Marche schools and universities until March 4, following a sample analyzed in the province of Pesaro and tested positive for coronavirus. The government has decided to appeal the order.

CLOSED SCHOOLS: THE PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THE SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020

How to deal with a possible prolonged closure of schools? The days lost due to force majeure (see also closings due to bad weather) should not be recovered but the prospect of long or poorly defined periods led the MIUR to evaluate the possibility of distance learning. From the leader of the league Matteo Salvini one came instead proposal that will make much discussion: prolong theschool year beyond the dates of June foreseen by the school calendar. According to Salvini, the issue is not only the preparation of the students but also providing support to the families since, what is being addressed, is a “also human, economic and social problem“.

MUNICIPALITIES ARMORED FOR CORONAVIRUS

To cope with the coronavirus infection, also known by the name of COVID-19 – on Sunday 23 February it was decided to close schools of all levels and universities – at the moment until 1 March – in various regions. In some cases schools are already closed for Carnival holidays. In these cases, however, the closure of kindergartens and universities has been added. Here are the regions involved:

• Emilia Romagna
• Veneto
• Lombardy
• Piedmont
• South Tyrol
• Friuli Venezia Giulia
• Liguria

On the afternoon of Monday 24 there was a communication concerning the closure of the schools also in the Marche but an intervention by the Prime Minister Conte has led the region to turn back. Meanwhile, consultations continue to MIUR: the Minister Azzolina with a Facebook post communicated further meetings of the task force to the Ministry to discuss new issues that are emerging.

SCHOOLS AND CORONAVIRUS, STUDIES OF DISTANCE EDUCATION MEASURES

The MIUR is in continuous contact with the representatives of the Civil Protection, pediatricians, the territorial representatives of the Ministry, the representatives of the parents ‘and students’ associations, public and private realities who in the coming days will support the action of the Ministry. And since all possible scenarios that can be developed are being evaluated, solutions are also being studied distance teaching in order to guarantee an essential public service to students.

CLOSING OF SCHOOLS FOR CORONAVIRUS: SHOULD ABSENCE BE RECOVERED?

When lessons are lost due to force majeure, the lost days should not be made up. It happens when there are closings due to bad weather and also applies in this case since it is a medical emergency.

STOP TO SCHOOL TRIPS

Even before the closure of the schools was decided, the MIUR suspended the educational trips and educational trips of the schools, both in Italy and abroad for precautionary purposes (read the directions of the Ministry of Health to prevent infection). Minister Azzolina on Facebook said: “The approved measures allow the suspension of educational trips and educational trips of schools, in Italy and abroad. A request that I brought to the attention of the colleagues of the Government and that I will make sure to make it operational in the next few hours“.

MATURITY 2020, STUDENTS CONCERNED FOR CORONAVIRUS

In Facebook group of maturity 2020 graduates are concerned about the situation e they wonder if, with this emergency, the state exam is not at risk. There are those who do not even want to think about this eventuality because they would skip all the programs, those who think of the 60 politician but, above all, the students would like to have more information about it. Considering that the competitions are suspended, it would be useful to be able to understand how thegraduation exam.

CORONAVIRUS, DISINFECTANT GEL DISTRIBUTED IN SCHOOLS

A note from Miur invites schools to make alcoholic gel dispensers available to students with an alcohol concentration of between 60 and 85%.

MEDICINE TEST POSTPONED FOR CORONAVIRUS

The 2020 medicine test to enter the Campus Bio Medico in Rome, it would have had to be held on Tuesday 25 February at the Fiera di Roma but it was decided to postpone it to avoid the displacements of the 2,800 candidates expected from all over Italy, including the North.
To comply with the provisions of the recent decree which also establishes the “suspension of competition activities“it was decided to postpone the awaited selection.

CORONAVIRUS: MUNICIPALITIES CONCERNED BY URGENT MEASURES TO CONTAIN CONTACT

On Sunday 23 February the Council of Ministers issued the decree-law “Urgent measures for the containment and management of the epidemiological emergency from COVID-19“, within which there are a series of measures and initiatives that also involve students. The law decree contains the list of municipalities in which the ban on removal is in force, the prohibition of access, prohibition of events, or initiatives of any naturea, of events and any form of meeting in a public or private place, including cultural, recreational, sporting and religious, even if held in closed places open to the public. The municipalities involved are almost all those in Lombardy and one in Veneto:

• Bertonico
• Casalpusterlengo
• Castelgerundo
• Castiglione D’Adda
• Codogno
• Fombio
• Maleo
• San Fiorano
• Somaglia
• Newfoundland of sparrows
• Vò (in Veneto)

CORONAVIRUS: LINKS AND CONTACTS TO REFER TO

To have useful and authoritative information, it is important to refer to the institutional sites and telephone numbers made available to deal with the emergency:

• Telephone number of the Ministry of Health for information on coronavirus: 1500
• Official website of the Ministry of Health: www.salute.gov.it
• Emergency number for coronavirus in Lombardy: 800894545

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