Napolitano: "You can not just say no," The network of former students: "The president will help us to say our yes"

School, march in Rome against the Gelmini reform
Napolitano: "You can not just say no"

The network of former students: "The president will help us to say our yes"
Events throughout Italy, protests outside the Ministry of Education


ROME (October 17) - Another day of demonstrations and protests throughout Italy. In Rome, the students joined the march organized by trade unions as a basis for saying no to the destruction of jobs, wages, schools, public services and rights. University students and high school have confirmed, once again, to their no Gelmini reform. Protest marches throughout Italy.

Napolitano: Do not just say no. The President of the Republic intervened to request that the proposed change in the school system is discussed by not saying always and only the no: "I am not the Minister of Education - pressed the head of state - I have my thoughts up to some point, because I look at what they do the government and Parliament. I know that we discussed, there are proposals and government policies that will be discussed in Parliament and also with representatives of schools and trade unions. " Napolitano urges to "be a little 'careful not to get caught by no exaggeration and no alarm. Certainly. You have to change some things in school, because it is a school that does not give all that should give the kids, does not everything in terms of the level of training and preparation for work and life of the school should give. So we must discuss the changes to make. We can agree on certain proposals and other not to be, but we must not only say 'no' or afraid to get caught. "

"We do not just say no." So the network to the students responded to the message of the President of the Republic. "We appeal to the head of state - writes the Net - to help us to say our yes." The association, which shall not be taken to the streets today, says yes to "more investment in public schools, a reform school and universities who can give us a future as citizens and the world of work, school buildings safe and functional, more collegiality in decision-making and increased accountability for students within the school community. "

The procession in Rome. Voltage and traffic chaos in the afternoon when the height of the Mouth of Truth, the procession of university students and high school, to the streets once again to say no to reform

Napolitano continues to read: "You can not just say no," The Network of Students: "The president will help us to say our yes"

From casual single teacher to the laws at the center of the protest

From single teacher to precarious
laws at the center of the protest
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From casual single teacher to research institutions here all the grounds for a protest to the streets for weeks brings teachers, students and parents, all against the Minister of Education, University and Research, Mariastella Gelmini.

The single teacher. The recovery of single teacher primary school early as next school year is one of the themes that puts us in accord teachers, parents and most of the educators. The team (three teachers working on two classes) led the first Italian primary school places in international rankings. The nostalgic return to the single teacher, explaining the unions, is dictated only by "cash needs" and shorten the school time to 24 hours per week: 4 hours a day and a half (the text of the law)

The cuts to the school's organic. Pessimists talk of dismantling the Italian public schools, the government is talking about cuts to eliminate waste. The fact is that the budget provides an authentic summer by horse to the school staff. A series of "transactions" as that of the single teacher or reduction of class hours and the average top executive will cut 87 thousand and 400 chairs and 44 000 seats and 500 ATA personnel: administrative, technical and auxiliary. 240 000 teachers will be precarious ranking of provincial money to pay the high price, the "rationalization" of resources and that each year 80 000 Ata enable schools to work (the text of the law)

The classes for foreign students. The creation of special classes for foreign students, "guilty" to slow down the learning processes of students from our own, was not put into account. But when the league has asked for and received approval of a resolution establishing the fact of the classes "just for foreigners," the

From single teacher read to the precarious laws at the center of the protest

Organization of the strike of where to find 17/10/2008

Organization of the strike 17/10/2008

Friday, October 17 events

Milan: Largo Cairoli (MM1) 10.00

Rome: Piazza Exedra 10.00 am