After the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut down, teachers in the southern Italian region of Campania started taking classes on streets.
Campania, around Naples, escaped Italy’s first coronavirus wave in spring, however, the area has seen an increase in the number of viral infection cases in the last few weeks. Schools have been shut down until the end of October.
Naples teachers bring socially distanced school to streets and balconies https://t.co/fS64wWuEli pic.twitter.com/zMgqmu3ReV
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2020
Naples teachers bring socially distanced school to streets and balconies https://t.co/XmBuHBBKOk
— kumar uttam (@meetuttam) October 21, 2020
Lovely little story, in a very sad way … Naples teachers bring socially distanced school to streets and balconies @AmanteAngelo @gavinjones10 @Reuters https://t.co/I1iqLgt1ER
— gavin jones (@gavinjones10) October 21, 2020
Mothers called me and said the kids are in floods of tears, they want to go back to school, they don’t understand why schools need to be stopped,” said Pamela Buda, while holding a class for pupils sitting on public steps in central Naples.
“Mothers called me and said the kids are in floods of tears, they want to go back to school, they don’t understand why schools need to be stopped,” said Pamela Buda, while holding a class for pupils sitting on public steps in central Naples. #Italy https://t.co/effwGHAtMd
— DT Next (@dt_next) October 21, 2020
Tonino Stornaiuolo yells out his lessons to pupils listening from their balconies and on the streets outside their homes.
“We do everything to respect the rules because I think this emergency in Italy is serious and real,” Stornaiuolo said.
“I wanted to find a way in which the kids could see us and share time with us, at least as long as it is possible and until we know whether there will be another lockdown,” Stornaiuolo added.
Netizens applauded teachers effort in Italy during this time of pandemic
