School, unions flunk amendments and announced new … – The Republic

Rome – The unions flunk the changes to the bill to reform the school. I have made it clear in about three hours of confrontation with the government in Palazzo Chigi, summit convened after the strike and the turmoil of the square last week, and after the invasion of the Facebook wall of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi by teachers opposed to his idea of ​​”good school.” The government ensures attention to the criticism and promised a deepening in the Senate. But in the end the unions say they are very disappointed. Susanna Camusso : “We have not had any response, although the government took notice. We are far from that fundamental change of the system that was defined”. Camusso confirms new initiatives of the Union, not excluding the block of the ballots already the intention of Cobas and Snals. The Minister of Education, Stefania Giannini defines the meeting the “concrete demonstration that the government continues to talk” but he adds, “the government on key points of the bill the school does not have the will to do steps back “. It is harshly critical of the boycott of the tests Invalsi: “Profound, exploit this issue means to speculate on the future of the boys”.

The comparison . The executive was attended by the Minister of Education Stefania Giannini , Minister of Public Administration Marianna Madia , the Minister for Reforms Maria Elena Boschi , Minister of Transport Graziano Delrio and Undersecretary Claudio De Vincenti . For the unions, the fifteen characters to the table, including the leader of Cgil, Cisl and Uil, Susanna Camusso , Annamaria Furlan and, of course , Carmelo Barbagallo . Tomorrow representatives of the government will also see groups of students and parents.

THE REFORM OF SCHOOL: PROS AND CONS

At the meeting with the unions Matteo Renzi was not there, but the prime minister has issued a tweet on the subject and his profile has interacted with citizens through the hashtag #matteorisponde :

The meeting at Palazzo Chigi began with an illustration by the executive of the amendments already anticipated by the press. “Today it was important to give a direct overview of the measure under discussion in the Parliament with a view to dialogue and sharing,” the words of the minister Giannini. But the unions said they were dissatisfied with the changes and have highlighted the critical issues in the bill even after the amendments. Undersecretary De Vincenti , the premise that “our goal is to overcome the insecurity, evaluate teachers, provide a service to young people,” he assured: “We will take note of your criticisms, there will be hearings in the Senate to deepen issues “.

Camusso , the” amendments do not change the substance. Change yes, but not as he would like the government. ” The CGIL considers rather “subtle problem points” of legislative school “the employment of temporary workers, the centrality of the contract, the question of the functions of management and rewarding.”

“Amendments not sufficient” also to Furlan , who complains: “If they had done before other meetings with the government definitely would build a path more useful to change the school”. Along the same lines Barbagallo : “Since government efforts appreciable but insufficient. Insecurity, evaluation and contract: these are the three points on which we ask interventions”.

The leader of the CISL is then back on the strike which “has had a very high participation of school personnel, more than 70 percent, but also the participation of so many students and so many families, demonstrating that they too have shared the questions raised by the union.”

Furlan has thus highlighted the critical aspects of the reform. “First is the centralization of functions and responsibilities of the manager running from a conceptual wrong assumption: the community, families, students have the right to judge the school as a service. But the assessment of teachers, their capacity educational and professional it is best that they are left to competent people who also are in the school system. “

” We must then restore the role of bargaining in an industry for seven years without a contract – added Furlan -. The wages, productivity of teachers, rewarding some schools than others, should be left to bargain with the union. As for the issue of overcoming the insecurity, we think that we need a real solution, through a multi-year stabilization give tranquility to the teachers, students and families. “

Woods:” Why fear of principals? “. “But what is all this fear into the facilities? My mother is the headmistress and I can assure you that all principals, all, people are impeccable.” So Maria Elena Boschi when comparing Palazzo Chigi, in defense of the Bill of school reform in the face of criticism of the social partners. In particular, those of the representative of Cobas, Piero Bernocchi, who rejected the new rights reform want to entrust to the principals. At that point the Minister Woods spoke and cited for example his mother, headmaster of the primary school “Bani” institute including “Marconi” of San Giovanni Valdarno, in the province of Arezzo.