Giorgia Meloni’s government invests in Paritarian schools deciding to allocate the record figure of 750 million eurosthe highest in recent years. The minister of education and merit announced the executive initiative Joseph Valditara Which, signing two decrees on the topic, has made official the granting of fifty million euros more for these schools compared to last year. Immediate, of course, the controversy of the trade union forces of the sector who complain about a disparity of treatment with respect to the public school which, in the words of contest the government, would be strongly penalized.
The record figure for equal schools
The new allocation of 750 million euros for schools equal wanted by the Meloni government provides for a distribution of the sums that follows the following scheme:
- more than 500 million of euros for all equal;
- 163 million and 400 thousand euros for support for students with disabilities (plus 50 million euros compared to 2024);
- 90 million Euro for kindergartens.
Calculator in hand it is noted that the sums scheduled in 2025 for the equal schools have been growing a lot compared to the past years. In 2012, for example, the sums granted by the Monti government had been 286 million of euros, while in 2017 (Gentiloni government) it had arrived at 500 million euro. More recently, in 2021, Mario Draghi’s executive had allocated to equal schools 556 million of euros and, in 2022, had come to 626 million euro. Then, in 2023, the settlement of the Meloni government and the increase of further 50 million euros (676), in a crescendo that led to the record of 750 million this year.
Equal quality formation
To announce and defend the decision of the Meloni government on Paritarian schools It was the Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara.
“With this allocation, the Ministry – said the government exponent – confirms its commitment to support and enhance equal schools, which represent a fundamental component of our national educational system. Our goal is to guarantee all students the opportunity of a Quality trainingregardless of the institute in which they study. In particular, resources intended for kindergartens and disabled students confirm our attention to making education accessible and inclusive for everyone “.
The trade union controversy
To the ads with Valditara’s main pomp responded with decidedly opposite interpretations i unions of the school sector that complain about a disparity of treatment between public and equal institutions, with the first strongly disadvantaged by government choices.
“Once again – he said Giuseppe D’APIL general secretary Uil School – We are witnessing a huge destination of resources to equal. Instead, it would be necessary to invest above all in favor of the state school which guarantees equal opportunities to all even to the needy and deserving. It is a clear, but unacceptable political choice “.
And again: “A quarter of these resources – 180 million euros per year – could be used to stabilize the over 230 thousand precarious schools of the school, to ensure a certain future in addition to guaranteeing the teaching continuity of pupils. The government would make it better to think about its schools as every euro subtracted from the state, national and secular school of this country is a way to make it weaker “.
