Agreement within govt on teacher hires

(ANSA) - Rome, May 25 - An agreement was reached within the government at a overnight meeting on a big recruitment campaign for the education sector, a move aimed at giving job security to many thousands of teachers currently working with 'precarious contracts'.
    The government was reportedly considering using a multiple-choice test in August to select the teachers, but this option came under heavy fire.
    Instead the selection procedure will take place after the summer and will feature a written test.
    "We want to reduce precarious employment and give more stability to schools, via a recruitment mechanism that guarantees merit is rewarded," said Education Minister Lucia Azzolina, expressing satisfaction at the agreement.
    "We have 78,000 teachers to hire".