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According to a recent poll, more than 80% of parents in Italy support the government’s decision to reopen schools for the new school year.
Simultaneously, 60% approve of the introduction of distance learning for pupils.
They approved the organisation of the remote learning process, the materials prepared for this, and the proposed ways of communication between students and teachers. According to a survey conducted by the research institute, 51% of families are ready to send their children back to school if the country introduces proper sanitary regulations for the prevention of coronavirus.
34% of the respondents will allow the child to go to school in any case since they believe that attending it their child socialises and gains knowledge they won't have been able to receive anywhere else.
Nevertheless, the distance learning format, which Italian schools have already practised in the last academic year, was assessed negatively by 39% of respondents. As it turned out, the parents were dissatisfied with the organisation of the educational process, as well as the flare-up of inequality between students, since not every one of them had access to high-speed Internet and a computer. Also, many parents were bewildered at the teachers' low level of technical training and their inexperience teaching remotely.
Most of all, Italian parents are scared of a new wave of coronavirus in the next school year. Bearing that in mind, two-thirds of the respondents are not against the reintroduction of distance learning.
Representatives of the Ministry of Education, University and Research have announced that they are developing new rules for learning during the pandemic. It is already known that the number of students allowed in classrooms will be reduced, and single desks will be installed. Moreover, distance learning will become compulsory for children over the age of 14.
