Bianchi: "It is central to the development and growth of the country"
Today, at the “Aldo Moro” Room of the Ministry of Education, Minister Patrizio Bianchi spoke at the presentation of the OECD Guidelines for the recognition of credits in CPIA (Provincial Centers for Adult Education). Together with the Minister, the Director General DG Reform of the European Commission Mario Nava (remotely connected) and the Director for Employment, Labor and Social Affairs of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) introduced the event. ) Stefano Scarpetta.
The presentation of the project was accompanied by a round table on the subject of adult education, credit recognition and personalization of training courses. The event was concluded by the intervention of the Head of the Department for the MI education and training system, Stefano Versari.
“Adult education plays a central role within the lifelong learning strategy we are implementing with the PNRR - declared Minister Patrizio Bianchi -. In fact, our reforms are all going in this direction, building together a single great plan for the reform of the Italian school: the training and recruitment of teachers, the reorganization of the ITS Academies, the technical and professional institutes, guidance. The CPIAs, which I would like to call State Institutes for Adult Education, are an integral part of the big picture we are drawing, involving more the Regions, the territorial economies, also looking at the European and world context. A true and profound reform action that concerns the development and growth of the country and its future ”.
The Director for Employment, Labor and Social Affairs of the OECD Stefano Scarpetta stressed that “CPIAs are an important element in the continuing education of adults. With the recognition of prior skills and the possibility of having these skills certified, the CPIA can be a springboard for further learning opportunities. An important element in the landscape of reforms that the Minister recalled and on which the government is committed. We hope that these Guidelines can be a useful tool for those Centers that have made considerable efforts in recent years to give everyone training opportunities on the job market ”.