# Italy ministers agree to ban burqa and niqab in schools and cap pupils with limited Italian

https://mins.news/en/item/72941

- BBC News, 2026-09-24 19:32 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw99d8g48873o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Italy’s government has approved a school ban on the burqa and niqab and a 30% ceiling for pupils with limited Italian in each class. Giorgia Meloni called the measures common-sense integration tools, while opposition parties accused her government of pandering to the hard right. The ban excludes the face-revealing hijab.

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