Students protest across Italy

(ANSA) - Rome, February 22 - Students across Italy took to the streets on Friday to protest against the new high-school graduation exam 'maturità' and the regionalization of education.
    "Regionalization without a national law on the right to education is an effort of the League", the ruling party together with the 5-Star Movement (M5S), and ignores lack of funding for public schools and "confirms the government's betrayal towards us", said the national coordinator of the Students' Union Giulia Biazzo.
    Students in cities including Rome and Milan are protesting also against a reform of the high-school graduation exam with the introduction of a new Invalsi test, the elimination of a thesis and the central role given to traineeships, Biazzo said.