Student networks in Campania have called a regional student and youth strike for October 16, under the slogan "Per la scuola sociale, diserzione totale."
The call was reported by IrpiniaNews and published in fuller form by QuiIrpinia, with the statement attributed to the Collettivo Studentesco Irpino, the Giovani Comunisti/e, and student networks in Irpinia, the province of Salerno, and elsewhere in Campania.
Who is behind the call
According to the published statement, the initiative comes from student collectives and youth political groups, not from a school administration or regional authority.
The research identifies the promoters as the Collettivo Studentesco Irpino, the Giovani Comunisti/e, and connected student networks in Irpinia, the province of Salerno, and the rest of Campania. No separate official confirmation of expected participation or turnout is available in the sources consulted.
What the protesters are asking for
The statement centers on a public, free, and accessible school system.
The demands reported in both local publications include more classrooms, better-paid and stabilized teachers, functioning transport, adequate school buildings, and a guaranteed right to study.
The document also calls for the abolition of PCTO, the work-based learning program, a revision of the school evaluation system, and the introduction of sexual and affective education in schools.
The statement additionally links the protest to opposition to arms shipments to Ukraine and opposition to the genocide in Palestine.
A national school strike is listed for the same day
An independent strike calendar, Sciopero.net, based on official Ministry data, lists a confirmed national strike in the school sector for October 16, 2026.
The available sources do not clarify whether that national school-sector strike fully coincides with the regional student and youth initiative promoted by the Campania networks. Readers should treat them as two overlapping but distinct items: a regional student walkout announced by student groups, and a nationally listed school-sector strike recorded in the independent calendar.
What is still unclear
The sources consulted do not give a city, meeting place, time, march route, or operational contacts for any demonstration.
There is also no independent confirmation of how many students will take part, what organizational arrangements will apply, or what minimum services may be affected. Families, students, and school staff should check directly with their own schools for attendance, timetable, and transport information closer to October 16.
For readers in Avellino and Irpinia, the practical point is simple: October 16 has been announced as a day of regional student action, with school funding, transport, buildings, teacher stability, PCTO, and student rights at the center of the platform, while the concrete local program remains to be specified by the organizers.
