The then Education Minister, Mario Ferrari Aggradi, had an eye for young students forced to spend the weekend on books and affixed his signature to a circular is not found ever since been disproved. "In view of the two sets of requirements so far proposed, the Ministry came the determination to provide that the pupils of elementary and secondary schools each grade and type are not assigned homework, or prepare to play at home for the day after the holiday ... "It was 1969 and in Italy the student protests started last year had highlighted the need for institutions to look to the world of education with greater apertura.La ministerial circular of 14 May marks a turning point, but the document goes back to a previous important , dated February 20, 1964, entitled: "homework to be done at home and in class." It was then that for the first time drew the attention of school heads and teachers on the need not refer students to an overload of work for the tasks to be performed at casa.Le of why the authorities to "Stick "Teachers are too demanding still current today: the leisure can play a very educational - said the ministry - is times when young people can engage in recreational activities, arts and sports that contribute to the growth and formation of the individual. It should not happen that textbooks take precedence over perception of the outside world so that every student must have to appreciate and to develop, free school environment. Furthermore, those spaces should be preserved at the weekend, which often represent a rare moment of encounter with no commitment between parents and figli.La disposal of the Ministry also clarified that "to make more complete and integrated educational activity for school teachers must thus avoiding setting questions or tests in class the day following a holiday, except rare exceptions (the period of ballots or specific matters). If the 'OECD revealed that our students, in 2003, spent almost twice as many hours the weekly homework than the average European olds, it is true that the same source place our students the most of Europe donkeys. That does not depend on homework the school performance of Italian children?
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