(ANSA) - Rome, February 26 - There is no risk of any Italian
students losing this school year because of the coronavirus
emergency, Education Minister Lucia Azzolina said on Italian
radio Wednesday.
"I can assure listeners that there is no risk of our students
losing the year," she told Radio 24.
She referred to a norms that lays down that "the validity of
the school year is safe even when unpredictable situations
occur".
Azzolina said "schools in their scholastic autonomy may
foresee lengthening the year but it won't be necessary because
we have already activated a task force to guarantee
tele-teaching".
Coronavirus: No risk of losing school year - Azzolina
Schools may put off closure but won't be necessary