Vicenza, capital of childhood: success for the National Conference of the Nidi e Infanzia Group.

1145 educators, teachers, pedagogists, coordinators and administrators participated at the National Conference of the Nursery and Childhood Group, held for the first time in Vicenza from 25 to 27 October. The conference participants came from all over Italy, from Piedmont to Lazio to Sardinia and Sicily, and in two cases also from Sweden and Great Britain, to learn more about the integrated zero-six system, or the continuous educational path from nursery school to kindergarten.

«This three-day training course encompassed a year-long journey, carried out by the Technical Scientific Pedagogical Coordination, by the teachers and educators, whom I thank, to transform Vicenza into a capital of education and childhood.", points out the education councilor Giovanni Selmo.

The Conference, opened and closed at the Teatro Comunale in Vicenza, It was in fact accompanied by the series of collateral events “Abitare le infanzie 06+”, which started last June and will continue until November with activities for children, families and professionals. Among these there is also the exhibition, set up in the Palladian Basilica on the occasion of the conference, “Bio-graphies of rights and peace in the integrated system of education and instruction zero-six”. With 520 works created by children aged 0 to 6, in the five days of its opening the exhibition attracted 4017 visitors, including families with children, citizens, tourists, conference attendees and school trips with groups from the city's nursery schools and kindergartens.

«With “Abitare le infanzie 06+” we tried to bring the educational world out of its traditional boundaries, to involve not only the families who already use the services, but also the entire community.He explains Councilor Selmo.

The participants of the Conference were also able to see first-hand some of the 06 structures present in the city. During the guided tours, which were also attended by the Councilor for Education Giovanni Selmo, in total there were 250 conference participants who went to the San Lazzaro municipal children's centre, at the Don Vittorio Battilana nursery and integrated school of Fism, at the Peep Laghetto state nursery and infant school, at the municipal nursery and infant school under concession to the Ipab nursery, and at the Polo 0-10 nursery school.

Also numerous were the education councilors present at the Conference. Among them, Cristina Piva of Padua, Elisa La Paglia of Verona, Claudia Pratelli of Rome, Maria Concetta Butta' of Termini Imerese (Pa), Francesca Parolari of Trento, Catia Pasta of Ragusa, Maura Striano of Naples, Marco Mandis of Villamassargia (Sardinia) and the mayor Francesco Spiga Di Vallermosa (Sardinia).

«During the conference we considered it essential to have a comprehensive training and reflection on education, in this historical period where inequalities persist and in some cases increase. - he concludes the education councilor Giovanni Selmo -. With the choices made by our administration we are providing an answer through the relaunch of educational and school services in a system of continuity: we are reducing fees to zero and building new nurseries, we have expanded the nursery places, created a spring section for the first time and maintained an internal cooking center for the entire 06 of the city».

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