Italy to boost teaching Italian for foreigners-ed undersec

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 29 - Italy must boost Italian language teaching for foreigners amid concerns over flagging assimilation, Education Undersecretary Paola Frassinetti said Friday.
    Frassinetti, a member of Premier Giorgia Meloni's rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, said she agreed with Education and Merit Minister Giuseppe Valditara after he stressed the importance of integrating foreign students and called for majority-Italian classes echoing anti-migrant League leader Matteo Salvini's call for a 20% cap on foreign pupils in classes.
    "Valditara is right when he says that the future of our national community depends on the true integration of foreign students," said Frassinetti.
    We want a school that is open to all and at the same time cherishes its identity, and to do this it is necessary to strengthen the teaching of the Italian language with specific courses for foreign students, which is essential to ensure true inclusion". (ANSA).