The Minister at Unesco's Transforming Education Pre-Summit. Italy chosen as leader on inclusion issues
"A fairer and more just society is possible only if we manage to extend the right to education, promoting the overcoming of gender, social and economic barriers. Therefore, simple changes are not enough, but a real transformation of the educational systems is necessary, which allows all girls and boys to have access to the right to education.". The Minister of Education said so Patricio Bianchi, speaking at the "Transforming Education Pre-Summit”At the Unesco headquarters in Paris.
"Transformation of education is the fundamental lever of sustainable development and a more open society. In a moment of strong international tension like the one we are experiencing, it is essential to meet again as we have been able to do here at Unesco to strengthen dialogue and cooperation”, Underlined Bianchi.
The summit, which was attended by more than 150 Ministers, associations, female students and students, was organized as part of the process of preparing the appointment convened by the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, for the opening of the UN Assembly of September, with the aim of mobilizing political and social commitment in favor of a new vision of education and training in the world.
During the Pre-Summit, the Minister illustrated the work that our country has carried out so far in its role as co-leader of the first of the 5 thematic action tracks identified in view of the autumn summit, "Inclusive, equitable, safe and healthy schools ".
"Talking about inclusion means talking about democracy. The commitment necessary to guarantee the full inclusion of girls and boys therefore does not concern only the school but the whole of society, which becomes a community around female and male students.”Added Bianchi.
The Pre-Summit was also an opportunity to take stock of the respective national consultations that the countries have held in recent months. The Italian document, "The school of tomorrow", Was developed by the Student Councils and is the result of a process of comparison also with the National Forum of School Parents' Associations (FONAGS), the Permanent Observatory for school inclusion, the National Observatory for the integration of foreign and intercultural students and the Superior Council of Education (CSPI). "The school of tomorrow"Collects proposals for a school that students want inclusive, fully accessible, open to society, participatory and attentive to the well-being of those who live there.
During the Unesco summit, Minister Bianchi had the opportunity to discuss bilaterally with his counterparts from various countries, including the Ukrainian Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Schkarlet.