The education ministry on
Thursday denied reports on several sites that that start of a
new selection competition for 63,712 State teaching positions
was hit by chaos.
"The competition started normally," the ministry told ANSA
when asked about the reports.
Earlier on Thursday, Education Minister Stefania Giannini
said the process was "the biggest (selection) competition in the
history of Italian schooling".
The average age of the 165,578 candidates taking part is
38.6 years.
Some of the candidates are coming towards the end of their
careers and there is also a group of 'dissidents' who have
organised protests via the Internet against what they describe
as a "swindle competition" #concorsotruffa.
The selection is part of the government's 'good school'
education reform.
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