Key facts
- Italy will ban face coverings in schools.
- Italy will cap the number of foreign students per class.
- Parents of foreign students with integration difficulties must learn Italian.
- The measures will be presented to a Cabinet meeting soon.
- Non-Italian citizens account for 11.6% of students in Italian schools.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that Italy is preparing to implement a ban on face coverings in schools and to cap the number of foreign students in each classroom. The proposed measures, which Meloni intends to present to the Cabinet soon, are aimed at fostering better integration of migrant children into the Italian school system.
Meloni stated that parents of foreign students experiencing significant integration challenges will be required to learn Italian. She emphasized that while a single student struggling with the language can be integrated with support, a large number of non-Italian speakers in a class could hinder integration. The Prime Minister did not specify the exact cap for foreign students per class.