Enrollment at school, the pedagogist: «Open day? Orientation done by experts in the classroom is better»

Those with children who have to start a school cycle next September have spent the Saturday and a few other days in the weeks before the holidays going around the schools in their city for open days. Perhaps it will also in the next ones. L’school enrollmentfrom elementary to high school, can be done from 8 in the morning on Monday 9 January to 20 on Monday 30. Everything has been done online for years, you can register for the first year from elementary to high school for the 2023/2024 school year.

The attention is above all for those who have to enroll in secondary school. The observatory on eighth graders of School.net says one in four students is still totally undecided and the orientation was not very effective: Only 40% found these activities really useful.

Maria Angela Grassi, National President of the National Association of Italian Pedagogists, tells of a school that has fewer pedagogues in its management and a more managerial vision that seeks enrolments. «The open day is a showcase where something is shown that is not always kept. The school of autonomy requires this, it tends to grab the largest number of students. I would be for a different approach.”

There are presentations of all levels of school, but the turning point is in eighth grade. «The open day can leave the time it finds. The difference is made by people and not always the school shows them. It would be useful to have guidance figures within middle schools with pupils, parents and teachers. We would need interviews with all facts with pedagogists or other figures prepared to truly understand what can bring out all the potential of the boys: it is the most difficult thing and for this you need experts ».

Lack of orientation in school enrollment leads to known problems, school dropout and dropout when children are unable to face the first year of high school. «The stigma of technical institutes still existswhich respond to the demands of the labor market, considered inferior compared to high schools and there is an indication of high school based too much on grades and scholastic results of the middle schools and little on relational and emotional aspects”.

Does the prospect of a job matter? «Employment prospects can count, but first of all it is necessary to follow the inclinations and interests of the boys. What counts is the person’s determination to be able to achieve this. Often they are also chosen for travel management, there is a family organization problem, but in theory they shouldn’t count. The key thing is best decode the things that are close to the boy’s heart».

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