(27 Oct 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Pan across police lined up on road leading to Colosseum
2. Policeman with walkie-talkie in front of Colosseum, people walking in background
3. Wide of protesters coming down street
4. Wide of protesters holding banners in street leading to Colosseum
5. Students holding banner during protest
6. Students holding banner reading (Italian): "Against Gelmini's (Education Minister) reform, students' resistance"
7. Wide of students lined up in road leading to Coliseum
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marco, Surname not given, Vox pop:
"Today we are here to say 'no' to this reform on behalf of all the students, of both highschool and university, because the quality of the schools is being decreased, cuts are being made, more power is being given to professors with the 5 marks for bad conduct, and the whole university system is being privatised. There is no future for us."
9. Students during protest
10. Mid of student on shoulders of another student
11. Wide of students during protest, coliseum in background
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Francesco, surname not given, Vox pop:
"We have occupied school, we are trying to be heard because if we are quiet we will let ourselves be led by a government that goes on (with its reforms)."
13. Student holding banner reading (Italian): "Gelmini, up till yesterday you were on your knees and that way they made you Minister of Public Destruction."
14. Wide of police blocking road, protesters getting closer in background
STORYLINE
Thousands of high-school and university students took to the streets of Rome on Monday to protest against the government plan to reform Italy's education system.
Protesters marched from the Colosseum to Piazza Venezia, and they found police blocking the nearby road leading to the residence of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
The Berlusconi government has proposed reforming the education system in Italy with a plan that includes budget and job cuts at state universities.
In changes to lower education, students could be flunked for poor conduct, and primary school pupils would have the so called "only teacher" for all five years.
Many students have been skipping classes for weeks to protest against the plan, and in some cases they have occupied schools.
Some teachers also have joined the protest, staging open-air lessons in streets and squares across the country.
Students protesting on Monday explained that they would continue to occupy schools and protest in the streets because, they said, the government is destroying their future.
Berlusconi has said he will not budge on the reforms despite the protests.
A nationwide strike by school-teachers and university professors is planned for Thursday, October 30th.
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