Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday said her government was planning to introduce a measure which would ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in schools, and cap the number of foreign students in classrooms.
Meloni also stated that the announced measure, when brought in, would also require “parents of foreign students facing serious difficulties integrating into the school system to learn Italian.
“If there is only one child in a class who doesn’t understand Italian, that child will likely be able to learn the language and integrate quickly with the help of classmates and teachers,” Meloni said, according to Reuters. However, the Italian PM said that if the number of children who don’t understand the language “becomes large – or even the majority”, “that is no longer integration; it is neglect.”
It also requires parents of foreign students facing serious difficulties integrating into the school system to learn Italian and bans burqas and niqabs in schools. “It is the only serious way to welcome them. Once approved by the government, the new measure would need parliamentary approval within 60 days to pass into law. Earlier reporting noted: Once approved by the government, the measure would need parliamentary approval within 60 days to pass into law.
Meloni, addressing an annual gathering of the youth wing of her Brothers of Italy party, said, “A measure will soon be presented to a Cabinet meeting to legally establish a maximum number of foreign students per class. Earlier reporting noted: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Sunday she’ll soon introduce a measure to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in schools. Earlier reporting noted: “For us, anyone who comes to Italy and wants to build their future here must learn our language, understand our culture, and respect our rules,” she said to a standing ovation at the Gioventu Nazionale national festival in Rome.
