Rome, 26/09/2020. Today, thousands of professors, teachers, students, parents, state school workers, Trade Unions, led by "Priorità Alla Scuola", held a national demonstration in Piazza del Popolo to protest against the Minister of Education Lucia Azzolina's policies to restart the State School after the pandemic Covid-19/Coronavirus. Protesters, battered by heavy rain, claimed that the country cannot afford to restart after the pandemic with a school lower training offer, due to delays and insufficient resources, and there is actually a need of strong investment in strategic sectors, starting with education and university research. From the organiser Facebook event page: «[…] many associations, trade unions, organizations related to the world of education, together with parents, teachers, students, male and female school workers will take to the streets with a common goal: to reaffirm the central role and priority of the school in our society, regardless of the individual and professional interests of each category, because if the school is not at the center of the political agenda, there can be no growth for the country, neither human, nor civic, nor economic. The right to education must be guaranteed to all in equal measure: from kindergarten to university. Without school there are no rights. […]».<br />
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Footnotes and Links:<br />
1. https://www.facebook.com/events/710557356457223/<br />
Previous Public Education related demos: http://bit.do/fGcwm & http://bit.do/fGcwq & http://bit.do/fJQnR