The Italian Ministry of Education has issued instructions to all public high schools and universities to take Jewish holidays into account when drawing up their schedules. The schools have been ordered not to schedule examinations for Jewish students on Saturdays, Rosh Hashonah, Yom Kippur and Succoth.
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