The Minister of Education and Merit, Giuseppe Valditara, today signed two decrees to strengthen the South Agenda and North Agenda plans, with the aim of reducing territorial gaps and supporting schools with fragility in learning.
The institutes involved in the South Agenda will be 2,164 and will all be financed with contributions proportionally with respect to the latest invalsi available data. Among these, schools with greater fragility will pass from 245 to 600 to which special funding will be intended for 150,000 euros per school, with an increase compared to the 140,000 allocated last year.
The institutes involved in the North Agenda will be 2,100 and will all be financed with contributions proportionally with respect to the latest invalsi available data and also in this case will pass from 245 to 600 schools with greater fragility, recipients, each of a financing of 150,000 euros at school, therefore also in this more resources compared to the 140,000 euros allocated last year.
“After the great success of the South Agenda, we continue with decision our commitment for a school capable of uniting Italy: from North to South, from the center to the suburbs. No student must feel excluded from the right to quality training,” said the Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara.
The additional resources expected amount to 252.4 million for South Agenda and 248.8 million for North Agenda, intended for the strengthening of basic skills and initiatives that will see the direct involvement of families.
The overall investment for the plans of the South Agenda and North Agenda thus reaches 1.046 billion euros, testifying to a structural strategy that aims to guarantee equal educational opportunities throughout the country.