A total of 32,000 new teachers and
10,000 technical and administrative staff will be on the job
come September, Education Minister Stefania Giannini told public
broadcaster RaiNews 24 on Monday.
The teachers either won a public competitive exam or were
on a waiting list after having passed that exam, Giannini said.
The minister went on to explain why a number of teachers
will have to transferred from the South to the North, even as
protests continued against such transfers.
"This year, 200,000 educators will be transferred,"
Giannini said. "The vast majority...will obtain transfer to
their desired, nearby locations".
Under 10% of these will have to move farther afield, and
they are the new hires who entered the system under the
government's Good School reform, she said.
"These transfers stem from a historic aspect of our
country," Giannini explained.
"The majority of vacancies are in the northern and
north-central regions, and the majority of people who want to be
teachers - and at this point they can do so under a stable,
permanent labor contract - come from the South. It's a process
the Italian school system has always had".
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