IN DEFENSE OF NATIONAL SCHOOL
Calamandrei Piero in Rome on 11 February 1950
Let us assume, so theoretically, there is a ruling party, a ruling party, which, however, formally wants to respect the Constitution -tion, does not want to violate the substance. It does not make the march on Rome and transform the classroom space for the paddles, but wants to establish, without opinion, a disguised dictatorship. So, what to do to gain control of schools and to transform the State schools into Party schools? He realizes that the State schools have the defect of being impartial.
There is some resistance, in those schools there is ever, even under fascism has been there. Then, the dominant party follows another path (it's all a theoretical hypothesis, mind you). He begins to neglect the public schools, to discredit, to impoverish. Let it anemizzino and begins to favor private schools. Not all private schools. The schools of his party, that party. And then all these treatments are beginning to go to private schools. Cure of money and privileges. He even begins to advise the boys to go to these schools, because in the end are better, they say, those of the state. And maybe give themselves awards, as now I will tell you, or proposes to give awards to citizens who are willing to send their children to schools instead of public to private schools. A "those" private schools, the exams are easier, unless you study and you do best. So the private school becomes a privileged school.
The ruling party, could not transform the State schools openly in Party schools, send the dogs to schools to give priority to the state's private schools. Be careful, friends, this is the recipe. We must keep an eye on the cooks of this low kitchen.
The operation is done in three ways: you've already told you: ruin the State schools. Let go to hell. Depleting their budgets. Ignore their needs. Mitigate the supervision and control over private schools. Do not check its reliability. Leave who teach teachers who lack the minimum qualifications to teach. Let the examinations are jokes. Giving public money to private schools. This is the point. Giving public money to private schools "
