Italy to ban veils in schools, limit foreign students per class, Meloni says
- 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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Italy to limit foreign students, ban burqa and hijab in schools
In a bold move, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni unveiled new regulations for schools, prohibiting face coverings such as burqas and niqabs in classrooms. The initiative also sets a limit on foreign students per class and requires parents of foreign students to learn Italian, promoting integration and ensuring that Italian children feel at home, rather than a minority in their own schools.
Italy is preparing to ban the headscarf in schools and set a cap on the number of foreign students per class, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said The post Italy: Meloni announced a measure for "a cap on foreign students in school classes" appeared first on in.gr.
The measure advanced by Giorgia Meloni will be discussed in the Council of Ministers. It provides for the prohibition of clothing that covers the face and is against the majority of foreigners per class, which considers "negligence".
In theory, something like this already exists in Italy, but the reasons for the announcement are more political.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni confirmed this Sunday that she will send a bill that will ban the use of niqab and burka — veils used by women professing Islam — in educational institutions and, in turn, limit the number of foreign students in classrooms.In the framework of the Phoenix national festival, organized by the youth coalition of the political grouping she represents, Brothers of Italy, Meloni detailed that the project will be presented …
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