New school hires are underway, and this is obviously good news. The other side of the coin, the unions warn, is that the number of positions is significantly lower than needed, and even "support" is not being given the attention it deserves.

Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara has signed the decree for the hiring of teachers in state schools of all levels for the 2025/2026 school year, for a total of 48,504 positions, including 13,860 special education positions. A subsequent decree will regulate the hiring of 6,022 religion teachers, following a competitive exam announced in 2024. The last such process dates back to 2004, the ministry announced. "By September, we will be hiring over 54,000 teachers in total. A record number," Valditara said.

The numbers

"At the moment, we only have rough figures; in Sardinia, the new positions are expected to total around 1,100," explains Emanuela Valurta, regional secretary of the FLC CGIL. "However, here, as throughout Italy, they won't be enough to fill all the needs. And when the assignments are complete, we'll still have eligible candidates who won't find positions, thus creating more precarious employment. And many substitutes will continue to be called upon. In short," the union warns, "these measures confirm a trend that is harmful to students, deprived of educational continuity, and to schools and jobs, which cannot be based on precariousness." Furthermore, "the plague of tens of thousands of vacant positions remains, especially in support, which makes the minister's words about attention to the most vulnerable children even more inconsistent. Regarding the hiring of educators and ATA staff, who represent over a third of school workers, there is a telling silence," concludes the Federation of Knowledge Workers CGIL.

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