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What is education? What role does it play within society? If we accept the definition of education as a process of transmitting and acquiring information - such as knowledge, skills, and disciplinary understanding - then we must also recognize its fundamental (though not exclusive) role in shaping the capacities and potential of individuals and communities, in support of personal, professional, and social development. Within this process, schools serve as the primary actors, while the Ministry of Education and Merit ensures the protection of the right to education across the national territory. Education is, in fact, a right enshrined in the Italian Constitution and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, although, unfortunately, it is not always fully upheld in practice. As a result, any discussion of education and/or schooling must also take into account the issue of inequalities in educational opportunities.”