Overview
- The course, scheduled for November 4 and titled “La scuola non si arruola,” was removed from the Sofia training platform, leaving about 1,200 registered teachers without CCNL-backed training leave.
- Organizers Cestes and the Osservatorio, backed by USB and FLC-CGIL, denounced the move as censorship and called protests and presidi in roughly forty cities today.
- Minister Giuseppe Valditara said the initiative is not banned but lacks the requirements for recognition, arguing it is a political propaganda event and does not merit taxpayer-funded leave.
- The ministry has initiated a check on whether Cestes still meets accreditation standards for in-service teacher training under Directive 170/2016.
- Program materials focused on opposing rearmament and the militarization of education, included speakers linked to pro-Palestinian groups, and coincided with the Giornata dell’Unità Nazionale e delle Forze Armate, with some principals told not to grant excused absences.