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Italy remembers victims of school accidents

Xinhua, November 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Hundreds of students marched Tuesday in Turin, northern Italy, to remember a 17-year-old killed eight years ago in the collapse of his classroom, calling for more security in schools nationwide.

The march was held on the "National Day for the Safety in schools" that falls on Nov. 22, designated last year by the Italian Education Ministry to remember all victims of school accidents.

In 2008, Vito Scafidi was in a room of his high school Darwin in Rivoli, near Turin, where he lost his life due to a structural failure of the building.

On the streets of Turin, many people carried boards with the names of school victims, in an effort to highlight the importance of safety in educational institutions.

On the same day in Rome, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Education Minister Stefania Giannini signed a Memorandum of Understanding with representatives of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Italian bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti for the EIB to provide 530 million euros (563 million U.S. dollars) for securing schools in Italy.

"This is not only a day of commemoration. It also aims to raise awareness among the youth of many activities that schools are doing and will do every year to deal with emergencies," Giannini said. Endi