{"id":116647,"date":"2022-02-18T10:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T10:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fundaciobofill.mortensen.cat\/5-local-actions-to-promote-an-enriched-educational-summer\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T10:43:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T10:43:15","slug":"5-local-actions-to-promote-an-enriched-educational-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equitat.org\/en\/blog\/5-local-actions-to-promote-an-enriched-educational-summer","title":{"rendered":"5 local actions to promote an enriched educational summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The summer is currently fertile territory for educational inequalities because for the 80 days over which the summer holidays last<\/strong> many <\/strong>children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, do not take part in any type of summer activity aimed at encouraging learning or stimulating interests.<\/p>\n

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Most nearby countries have tended to shorten the summer break to limit the loss of learning.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The loss of learning opportunities<\/strong> suffered by children and young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds during the summer can lead to pushing their learning back by the equivalent of 2 or 3 months of schooling every summer<\/strong>.<\/strong> The cumulative effect of this learning gap during the summer may mean a difference of up to 3 years <\/strong><\/strong>between the most advantaged and the most disadvantaged pupils by the time they finish primary education.<\/p>\n

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Most nearby countries have tended to shorten the summer break<\/strong> to limit the loss of learning<\/strong>, whilst making up for it with educational leisure and support programmes for students from disadvantaged backgrounds or by distributing the days off in a more balanced way over the school year, thereby avoiding long periods of disengagement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Now is the time to step up the action of public administrations to improve access to quality educational leisure activities.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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However, shortening the school summer holiday gap is not enough, and given that we have also faced the two-year-long health crisis with its huge socioeconomic impact on a large part of the population<\/strong>, now is the time to step up the action of public administrations aimed at improving the accessibility and quality of the educational leisure activities that will be planned for this summer in Catalan towns and regions.<\/p>\n

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Towns, the key to an enriched summer<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Many town councils are already firmly committed to promoting summer programmes explicitly aimed at educating, enriching and stimulating the growth of children and adolescents. In most Catalan towns and regions there is a range of leisure-based educational activities offered founded on the notion that learning does not stop for the holidays<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Regrettably, however, not all children and young people <\/strong>who live in settings where there is a risk of socioeducational vulnerability have access to summer activities. There are many factors behind the exclusion from and inequality in access<\/strong> to summer activities, including:<\/p>\n

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