In Alto Adige the first bell rings in Italy: over 85 thousand students return to school

The first bell in Italy rang this morning in Alto Adige, kicking off the new school year for over 85 thousand students from the province of Bolzano, the first to return to the classroom compared to the rest of the country where the return will involve a total of almost 8 million pupils.

Specifically, 22,080 children and young people in Italian-language schools returned to school, 64,759 in German-language schools and 2,895 in Ladin valleys. "School is the place where we build the future, every day. It not only transmits knowledge, but offers every girl and boy the tools to grow, choose and find their own path. Our commitment is a school capable of enhancing everyone, without leaving anyone behind", declared the school superintendent Vincenzo Gullotta, who met the 400 pupils of the 'Manzoni' primary school in Bolzano in the morning, together with the provincial councilor Marco Galateo.

Among the challenges for the new year, explains the superintendent of the province of Bolzano, there is certainly the theme of Artificial Intelligence: "We have chosen not to eliminate it, but to accompany our students and our teachers in the conscious use of AI and with the Atena Plan we will be able to provide training for teachers and students".

The students of the autonomous province will be followed on 10 September by those of the Province of Trento, Valle d'Aosta and Veneto. On September 14th the return to class will be for Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Umbria, on September 15th for Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Sicily and Tuscany and on the 16th for Abruzzo, Basilicata, Sardinia. Puglia will close on September 17th.