Rome (AFP) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet adopted a decree law Thursday banning burqas and niqabs in schools and capping the number of students with a poor command of Italian per class.
It introduces “A 30 percent cap on the number of students in a class who do not have an adequate command of Italian, more tools for learning our language, and a ban on the burqa and niqab in schools,” Meloni wrote on social media.
If a child seriously struggles to integrate at school, social services will be called and the parents will be obliged to attend free Italian lessons.
Failure to comply will be punished with a fine of up to 1,000 euros ($1,140).
Italy is a frontline country for migration and integration is a hot campaign issue ahead of next year’s general election.
Save the Children warned forcing children to change schools or enrol in a different institution from their peers simply because of their nationality or limited proficiency in Italian would “create ‘first-class’ and ‘second-class’ students”.
But Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara said “inadequate language proficiency… hinders educational progress”.
“Parental participation in their child’s educational path is fundamental for academic success”, he told journalists.
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Do you even know what a burka is? Also the “foreign student” ban is based on language competency, which does make sense I guess.
Do you know what a Burka is? Discriminating like this is a form of nationalism that has a very dark history
Yes it’s something that covers your entire head and face, only leaving a small slit for your eyes to barely see through it. Do you REALLY support that!? Would you like to be taught by someone, or teach someone, when you can’t even see their face?
(Maybe you are confusing it with a Hijab?)
If it is voluntary and for religious reasons I think it is perfectly valid
I don’t know what the situation is specifically in Italy… but at least in my Western industrialized nation, students generally have very poor reading and language comprehension skills—in addition to a short attention span—thanks to TikTok and similar platforms. I just can’t imagine that things are any different in Italy right now.
Accordingly, all students would have limited language skills, whether they come from immigrant backgrounds or not.
Funny thing is, the recent PISA tests showed an overall cognitive decrease, but it was markedly more severe for children with no immigrant background.
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My guess = parents were poor which gives poorer test results = generational increase gets bigger relative to natives = cognitive decline due to whatever seems to effect them less.
You can’t fall if you are already at the bottom…