Italy Bans Burqas in Schools, Caps Numbers of Foreign Students per Class
- On Thursday, Italy's cabinet, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, approved a decree capping pupils with limited Italian proficiency at 30% per classroom and banning face-covering veils in schools, effective immediately.
- Meloni's administration introduced these measures driven by political pressure from the National Future movement, which currently polls at around 8% and aims to shore up conservative support ahead of the 2027 general election.
- Starting in the 2027-28 school year, the cap applies to students lacking Italian proficiency, requiring authorities to redistribute pupils if classrooms exceed the threshold, with fines of up to $1,137 for face coverings.
- Democratic Party leader Elly Schlein denounced the move as a "shameful decree" to hide systemic failures, while principals warn of logistical challenges and President Sergio Mattarella expressed wariness about barriers on education.
- Roughly 900,000 foreign students attend Italian schools, comprising 11.6% of the population, far below the immigrant shares of 21% in Germany and 19% in Spain, per ISMU Foundation and Rockwool Foundation data.
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INTELLINEWSBurkas and Nikabs are no longer allowed in schools in Italy. No more than 30 percent of students in a class are allowed to have a lack of language skills.
The decree sets a cap of 30% for those who do not master the language, provides fines of up to 1000 euros for families and obliges some parents to take free language courses
The measure that winks at the far right has been approved, which places a limit on the number of students with a migrant background. The “overnumbered” will have to find a new school nearby. The post Backsliding: Meloni’s Italy approves limit for children with migrant background appeared first on in.gr.
Italy approves cap on foreign students and burqa ban in schools
The Italian government on Thursday approved rules capping the number of students without Italian citizenship in each classroom at 30%, as well as banning burqas and niqabs. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni first announced her plans to implement such rules on Sunday during a gathering of her conservative Brothers of Italy party in Rome. The […]
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni argued that the ban on the burka responds to “a security issue”.
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