Rome school that had 95% foreign pupils 15 yrs ago has 50%. Carlo Pisacane school in the heart of the multi-ethnicquarter of Tor Pignattara.

Head teacher Rosanna Labalestra said a 20% cap on immigrant children, or the children of immigrants, would be "impossible to implement here" Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara said the government would take measures, which he did not outline, to make sure there were majority Italian students in all Italian classrooms.