«If English students don’t learn any foreign language, in Italy the linguistic colonization’s process keep on be ensured by Minister Profumo who decided to include from 2014 English as compulsory subject together with math and Italian for the tests of INVALSI (Istituto nazionale per la valutazione del sistema educativo dell’istruzione)» the ERA’s Secretary said.
«Profumo keeps on compulsorily imposing English as the only foreign language, and linguistic justice and freedom of learning are not ensured by articles 33 and 34 of Constitution», Pagano commented.
«Instead of pay more attention to the linguistic justice and give space to the teaching of Esperanto, as a Ministerial study in 1995 recommended, the process of Italian linguistic genocide keeps going on, giving English the same importance as Italian in Invalsi tests.
Even worse, the assessment system is more and more disqualifying, without any attention to in-dept analysis and critical period.
When colonization is faked as innovation, and quizzes impoverish the educational system, we must support Cobas, which called a general strike of the school on May, 7» concludes Pagano.
