Monitor the Education Reform “La Buona Scuola” (IT0047)

Short description Developing an accountability strategy associated with the implementation of the education reform “La Buona Scuola”, focusing on a system of apps and mobile services. General objective The project is intended to enhance the level of accountability and participation in the implementation of the education reform “La Buona Scuola” introduced by Law 107/2015, especially for stakeholders such as families and students who do not directly and administratively interact with the Ministry but are the main beneficiaries of education policies. Current situation The education system reform “La Buona Scuola” is, as such, a complex policy and requires accountability tools allowing the Ministry’s stakeholders, above all students and their families, to learn about and monitor the actual implementation of the measures and assess their effectiveness. An app was launched in May 2016 to monitor projects on school buildings (since 2014 about 6 bn euros were allocated to fund over 18,000 projects). The app “La Buona Scuola digitale” is being developed to monitor investment and actions under the National Plan for Digital Schools and the platform to monitor agreements and outcomes of the work-linked training schemes. Expected results These apps rely on accessible and reusable data and on a user-friendly layout and allow to create an easy interface between the measures adopted by the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research for school buildings and digital innovation. Citizens will therefore be able to assess the impact of funds and projects on schools. The use of maps and push notifications will help monitor actions at municipal, regional and national level, with real time updates on projects, funding, notices, opportunities. Apps will be the user friendly interface of the platform’s applications that are being developed for both areas based on thematic websites that were developed in 2015. These can be accessed through responsive web design. The system of apps will mainly aim at: » Improving knowledge of all policies included in the education reform and their implementation, through a simple organization of information (both as individual actions and as a whole) and a system of notifications and updates; » Developing a monitoring relationship between the Ministry, schools and their stakeholders, above all families, allowing the different stakeholders, depending on their relationship with the Education Ministry and schools, to integrate or evaluate the information contained in the app; » Improving administrative data by letting users provide micro-data through the apps and adding in the information produced by other administrations (i.e. Ministry for Economic Development for the Ultrabroad Band Plan).

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