Teacher 'told class black boy was ugly'

(ANSA) - Foligno, February 21 - Education officials in the central Umbria region said Thursday that they were looking into reports that a supply teacher had bullied a black pupil.
    The Tuttoggi.info site reported that the teacher made the boy stand in front of a window with his back to the class at a school near Foligno and said to the other children "look how ugly he is".
    The teacher's reported defence was that it was all part of a social experiment.
    "We have been informed of this alleged case and we are running all the necessary checks," Antonella Iunti, the director of the regional school office, told ANSA. Education Minister Marco Bussetti said "urgent measures" would be taken.