January 11th, local time, except Tuscany and other three regions, 17 regions of Italy postponed the return to school schedule of half of high school students scheduled to start that day.
Over the past few days, high school students and teachers in many parts of the country have held marches to demand that they return to school.
The Italian government decided on the 5th of this month to postpone the reopening of high school from the 7th to the 11th, and the proportion of students attending school is 50%.
Since then, the latest weekly monitoring report shows that the epidemic in Italy has rebounded, and the effective infection index has risen to more than 1 again after six weeks.
To this end, several regional governments have successively decided to postpone the resumption of high school classes to February 18, 25 or February 1 of this month.
In response to the decisions of regional governments, high school students and teachers in many parts of Italy have taken to the streets for several days to hold demonstrations and flashbacks to protest against the continuation of online teaching at home, demanding that the government pay attention to school education and give priority to vaccinating teaching staff.
On the morning of the 11th, some students and personnel of educational institutions in Rome held a sit-in protest in front of the Ministry of Education and the provincial government. It is reported that there will be many protests in various places in the next few days.
Italian Minister of Education Azolina told the media on the 11th that online teaching can no longer play a role in supporting student protests.
In addition, the government is formulating arrangements for this year’s high school graduation examination.
