School: the new year begins. Trade unions: "200 thousand professors are missing"

The new school year starts again on September 1st, without the obligation of masks, distancing and vaccination.

But some problems always remain the same, denounce the school unions.

Starting from the shortage of teachers, estimated at around 200 thousand.

"Also this school year starts with many unknowns that have deep roots: I am referring to the age-old problem of insecurity; we must note a shortage in the coverage of vacant positions for teachers, in some cases the chairs will be covered below 50% compared to the availability offered by the Ministry of Economy and it will be necessary to resort to fixed-term contracts ", Ivana Barbacci, secretary of CISL Scuola, told ANSA.

The unions then complain about the unexpected presence, this school year, of the so-called Covid staff.

"For two years the school had an additional staff of 80 thousand people between teachers and Ata, then 40 thousand, but this year it would seem that there is no need, but it is not so", laments Marcello Pacifico of Anief.

According to some calculations on the appeal - despite seven competitions launched, of which five completed - 200 thousand annual substitutes are missing.

"It is certainly a year that we face with greater positivity than in recent years but many problems remain: there are also no school managers, whose staff are undersized for economic reasons", says Cristina Costarelli, president of Anp Lazio.

Missing in Lazio would be about 50 principals,