Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini also intervenes on the case of the school closed on 10 April for the end of Ramadan in Pioltello. He defines the decision to keep it closed as "a setback" and proposes a maximum quota of "20% of foreign children in a class".
Words that come after the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella had expressed appreciation for the work "that the teaching staff and the institute bodies carry out in fulfilling a precious and particularly demanding task".
«I don't think that in any Islamic country they close for Easter or Christmas - says the deputy prime minister - Until Islam gives itself a structure and recognizes equality between men and women, closing schools seems to me to be a bad sign. It is a sign of giving in and retreating to close for Ramadan ."
Salvini then relaunches a proposal, that of a cap on foreign students in the classroom, already put forward years ago after the case of a Roman school, Pisacane, where entire classes were mainly made up of immigrant children or children of immigrants. «If you have many children who speak different languages and don't speak Italian, it's chaos. The presence of children must be checked. 20% of foreign children in a class is also stimulating but when Italians are 20% of the children in the class, how can a teacher explain?".
He has no doubts about the validity of the intervention of the Head of State Mohamed Pietro Danova, president of the Islamic community El Huda of Pioltello. «Families are satisfied. The President of the Republic is the president, he is on the side of the children and his gesture and his thoughts are to be appreciated", he commented convinced that it is "our duty to support the school council because theirs is an idea of humanity . It is a positive integration: various differences enrich the prospect of civil coexistence."
(Unioneonline/D)
