Another case of assault against teachers in Sicily. After that of Milazzo, a similar episode happened in Palermoto the Cannizzaro high schoolwhere a teacher was attacked by a student with slaps and punches to the back of the head after reading the absence on the electronic register.
As reported by The Republicthe sixteen-year-old had no intention of entering the classroom despite the constant reminders of the teacher who, with yet another refusal, scored the absence and a note in the register. In response, the student he entered the classroom and beat him.
Attacks against teachers: “Serious and widespread problem”
“The serious episodes of physical assault against two teachers, in Milazzo (in a technical-economic institute) and in Palermo (in a scientific high school) are only the latest in a long list of equally deplorable events that have occurred in Sicily and the rest of Italy. The problem is therefore widespread, so much so that in the first months of this year it prompted the intervention of the Minister of Education Valditara who highlighted the importance of considering the school institution as the injured party in similar cases, underlining the damage to its image. suffered”, is what we read in the note sent by the general director of the regional school office of Sicily Giuseppe Pierro.
“Urgent meeting”
“The Regional School Office for Sicily is reporting to Ministry of Education all cases so that the victims can be guaranteed the support they deserve as provided for by the recently adopted rules. I have also decided to urgently and extraordinarily convene a meeting with the representatives of Forags, the regional forum of school parents’ associations in Sicily, and the representatives of the regional guarantee body established at the USR. This is the first step of a deeper path of reflection and awareness on the school-family co-responsibility pact which cannot be ignored if we want to prevent harmful conflicts”.
