Benes: “Generation alpha wants laboratory school and society center”

“The alpha generation wants a laboratory school that is at the heart of society. This is an optimistic generation that strongly believes in technology and attaches importance to protecting the environment ”. This was stated by Roberto Benes, national coordinator of the Ora di futuro project, of the Generali The Human Safety Net Foundation, on the sidelines of the presentation event of the Thsn / Ora di futuro 2021 Observatory which was held in Rome in the presence of the President of the Senate Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati. “The children in fact ask to learn through practical activities – continued Benes – they want a school that is surrounded by greenery, that has outdoor spaces and sports fields to play together and interact and that is equipped with various kinds of workshops. The children are also asking for a school that is open to society where families can do activities outside school hours. “Finally Benes specified:” From what emerges from the Ora di Futuro observatory, among the main issues addressed by the youngsters emerges the demand for school gardens and a healthy diet is based on products grown directly by children. I have learned that the Senate commission is working on a legal instrument to promote the nutritional education of children and this would go in the direction that the children themselves have proposed. The proposal that surprised me the most was the idea of ​​pedal benches to allow children to do sports and at the same time to create electricity to activate the technology of the classroom “.