/ricerca/ansaen/search.shtml?any=
Show less

Se hai scelto di non accettare i cookie di profilazione e tracciamento, puoi aderire all’abbonamento "Consentless" a un costo molto accessibile, oppure scegliere un altro abbonamento per accedere ad ANSA.it.

Ti invitiamo a leggere le Condizioni Generali di Servizio, la Cookie Policy e l'Informativa Privacy.

Puoi leggere tutti i titoli di ANSA.it
e 10 contenuti ogni 30 giorni
a €16,99/anno

  • Servizio equivalente a quello accessibile prestando il consenso ai cookie di profilazione pubblicitaria e tracciamento
  • Durata annuale (senza rinnovo automatico)
  • Un pop-up ti avvertirà che hai raggiunto i contenuti consentiti in 30 giorni (potrai continuare a vedere tutti i titoli del sito, ma per aprire altri contenuti dovrai attendere il successivo periodo di 30 giorni)
  • Pubblicità presente ma non profilata o gestibile mediante il pannello delle preferenze
  • Iscrizione alle Newsletter tematiche curate dalle redazioni ANSA.


Per accedere senza limiti a tutti i contenuti di ANSA.it

Scegli il piano di abbonamento più adatto alle tue esigenze.

Govt considering ban on school Ramadan closures

Govt considering ban on school Ramadan closures

Small protest outside Pioltello institute at the centre of row

ROME, 10 April 2024, 15:42

ANSA English Desk

ANSACheck

- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara is working on a measure that would stop schools from closing for religious festivals if there is no agreement between the State and the faith in question, according to sources.
    The possible move is being considered amid a row over a school near Milan that was closed on Wednesday to enable its Muslim students, who make up around 40% of its pupils, to celebrate the Eid-al-Fitr festival marking the end of Ramadan.
    The decision by the Iqbal Masih Comprehensive Institute in Pioltello caused an uproar, with the head teacher getting death threats from right-wingers on the Web.
    It was also criticized by Valditara and the Lombardy regional school office unsuccessfully called for a rethink.
    There was a small protest of around 10 parents who opposed the closure outside the Iqbal Masih school on Wednesday.
    "I don't think it's right to scrap another holiday that had been planned from the beginning year to have this day off, when we are all at work," said Samanta Sacchi, the mother of a pupil.
    "I had to ask for a day off today and give up the one (I was going to take) between the end of April and beginning of May (between the Liberation Day and May Day holidays), when the rest of my family will be at home".
    Mohamed Pietro Danova, the president of the town's El Huda Islamic Association, welcomed the closure.
    "It was a joy for us because integration begins at school," Danova told ANSA.
    "It is the place where things are cemented between the children.
    "There are no distinctions for them, they all feel equal, all citizens.
    "It is better to look for opportunities to unite and strengthen our relationship, for the growth and the development of our country".
   

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA

Not to be missed

Share

See also

Or use

ANSA Corporate

If it is news,
it is an ANSA.

We have been collecting, publishing and distributing journalistic information since 1945 with offices in Italy and around the world. Learn more about our services.