ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “I don’t know if there is a strategy or if they are mitomans. There is no doubt that there is a trace of alarms quite significant: we have seen in the past weeks the attack on flights, supermarkets, hospitals, Italy and Europe. Today schools are under attack, even in the UK. In the case of Italian ones, it is a very widespread attack: I personally asked our IT services to make a verification on the mails of the schools and they turn out over six thousand schools involved, a huge figure, that makes think of an organizational capacity”. Thus the Minister of Education and Merit, Giuseppe Valditara, in an interview with Corriere della Sera.
“There is no concrete danger to the state. Those who create these alarms want to spread panic, we must avoid falling into provocation. The government is following the situation very carefully, the law enforcement agencies are doing their part and the institutions are doing appropriate investigations to trace back to the authors of these messages.”.
To the question whether the school should be protected more Valditara is perentory: “ Schools are safe and secure. We must not fall into the trap of those who want to sow fear and chaos. What would I tell the students? That they must absolutely live the school in serenity, without being impressed. The government is following everything very carefully.”.
On student protests in the square? “They are always legitimate, and when they are constructive they must be heard. I have not accidentally met several times in these weeks the student councils that are elective and democratically represent all Italian students. The comparison was very positive, we discussed, among other things, a topic that is very close to me, the school building: 15 billion invested in these 4 years to make our schools safer and more functional, the new 1 billion euro extraordinary plan for the safety of the institutions and the 650 million contained in the budget law for air conditioning of the classrooms. They must be condemned without distinguishing violent protests and threats.”.
Speaking of the cuts, also contested by the oppositions: “I have already said clearly that we are working to eliminate them. In this budget law expenditure for the school still has an important positive sign, it increases 11.2% compared to last financial law.”.
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