The government's decision to raise
distance learning at Italian schools to at least 75% amid a
second COVID wave was a tough one to take but the infection
curve is "concerning" and it had to be taken, Premier Giuseppe
Conte said Monday.
Some regions including Abruzzo and Calabria have already decided
to shift all teaching to distance learning, moving to 100% - as
has Milan.
Speaking at a high school at a ceremony honouring Willy
Monteiro, a 21-year-old Cape Verdian-Italian beaten to death
after trying to help a friend from a street gang, Conte said
"we worked hard for in-presence teaching, and now we must boost
distance learning because the contagion curve has really become
very worrying".
But he said: "we are counting on doing it for just a few weeks
only, the time needed to bring the curve back under control.
"These rules of caution make us distant, alas, but we are all
close in fighting violence.
"You students, too, for the most part will embrace the logic of
distance learning.
"Believe me, it was not an easy decision".
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