From Tortolì, in Ogliastra, to Cagliari to say “no” to the reform of technical institutes .
Today was the second day of strike action. A representative of teachers from Ogliastra also participated in the demonstration outside the Regional Council, organized by USB, CGIL, and Cobas, among others—the latter having also demonstrated yesterday. "We will be the ones most affected by the reform," they said.
Flags, signs, and speeches to better understand the changes desired by the government. And to organize countermeasures. Cobas, in a flyer, calls for the resignation of Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara. "The counter-reform of technical institutes," the grassroots committee explains, "reduces teaching hours and consolidates both common and specialized subjects, resulting in a severe reduction in school hours and the creation of a large timetable or 'flexibility quota' managed by the schools, which will direct students based on the needs of local businesses. This results in the fragmentation of the curriculum, the subordination of schools to corporate goals, and the weakening of the legal value of qualifications—a path that will lead the technical school population to a fate of unskilled, precarious, and low-wage labor."
The consequences, for the Cobas, will be inevitable: "School would become a training ground for work, also through the early introduction of FSL (school-to-work training) programs to 15 years of age and the drastic increase in FSL hours (in fifth grade, the "flexibility quota" reaches nearly 50% of the curriculum)." The consequences also apply to teachers: "The compression of school time is even more severe in the three-year period, which also requires the use of teaching by company "experts." Finally, the reform will lead to a significant reduction in teaching positions, with consequent job losses. Schools will remain in the dark as to which competitive exam classes will teach the merged subjects. We demand the revocation of the counter-reform of technical institutes and the resignation of Valditara."
(Unioneonline)
