Italy to ban veils in schools, limit foreign students per class, Meloni says
Meloni said 11.6% of students in Italian schools are noncitizens and argued the limits would help integration.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced plans to ban face coverings in schools and cap the number of foreign students per class during a youth event organized by her Brothers party.
- Italy remains exposed to Mediterranean migrant arrivals, making migration a persistent challenge for successive governments. Meloni used the platform to emphasize her right-wing credentials on immigration policy.
- Non-Italian citizens currently account for 11.6% of enrollment in Italian schools, or nearly 12 in every 100 students, according to research institution Fondazione ISMU.
- The proposed legislation requires parents of foreign students struggling to integrate to learn Italian. "In Italy no one, in the name of a real or supposed tradition, can decide that a young woman must hide herself," Meloni said.
- Debates over religious symbols and cultural integration frequently polarize Italian society. Meloni argued that high concentrations of non-Italian speakers in classrooms constitute "neglect" rather than integration, justifying the Cabinet measure.
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In theory, something like this already exists in Italy, but the reasons for the announcement are more political.
The premier announces a measure in Cdm with a limit to foreign students by class and the stop to burqa and niqab. Also provided for the obligation to learn Italian for some parents. Then the attack on the Sixty-eight: giving everyone the same vote does not mean giving everyone the same opportunity.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced today that her government will soon approve new measures that will set a maximum limit on the number of foreign students in each school class in the country. At the same time, as Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara had already announced, he added that parents of foreign students with poor academic performance will be forced to learn Italian, while the use of burqas and hijabs will be bann…
Italy to ban burqas and niqabs in schools, cap number of foreign students per class
Giorgia Meloni said Italy will propose a school ban on burqas and niqabs, cap foreign students per class, and require some parents to learn Italian. The move places schools at the centre of her government's tougher push on migration, language and integration.
'Italian children cannot feel like a minority in the classroom,' says Prime Minister Meloni
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