The government plans to abolish
the nation's pool of substitute teachers by hiring full-time
ones, Italian media reported Wednesday.
Italy has 600,800 full-time teachers, while another
154,000 work as temps.
Premier Matteo Renzi reportedly plans to hire 100,000 new
full-time teachers, and increase teachers for disabled children
from 67,000 to 90,000.
Abolishing substitute teaching is among the key points of a
policy statement on education to be unveiled at a cabinet
meeting Friday.
The so-called 'schools package' is part of efforts by
Renzi's government to kickstart the Italian economy, which has
slipped back into recession.
It reportedly includes planned investment of one billion
euros on top of funds already made available for a school
building programme announced earlier this year.
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