Italy bans face coverings in schools and limits some newcomer classes
Italy’s government says a new decree will prohibit face coverings in schools and limit to 30 per cent the share of newly arrived foreign pupils with insufficient Italian in each class. The rules apply differently by school level and are due to begin from the next academic year.
Italy has passed a decree banning face coverings in all schools and limiting the proportion of certain newly arrived foreign pupils in each class, the government in Rome said on Friday. The government said the cap would be 30 per cent for pupils with insufficient Italian. In primary schools, it applies to children who are not Italian citizens, were not born in Italy and have not attended an Italian kindergarten for at least two years.
The supplied material says the same rules apply in secondary schools, but the available excerpt ends before giving the full qualifications for that level. The measures are due to take effect from the next school year. The report does not state how schools will enforce the face-covering ban or how exceptions, if any, will be handled.
It also does not identify the government’s stated rationale beyond the details of the decree. The policy combines a rule on face coverings with a classroom limit for specified foreign pupils who have insufficient Italian.
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