To spread the study of the Sicilian language In schools four years ago the regional assembly approved a rule. Now the regional education department, led by Mimmo Turano (Lega), has allocated for The 500 thousand euro project For the next two years to promote specific projects in institutes. It is the goal of the project “Not only Mizzica – The Sicilian, the language of a people”now in its second edition, as anticipated by Il Fatto Quotidiano.
The Regional Department of Education and Professional Training issued a circular intended for educational institutions based in Sicily. There are two types of financing for curricular and extracurricular initiatives to be carried out in schools: the “type A” actions, which concern the institutions of each order and degree, to be financed with a maximum amount of 5 thousand euros each; Those of “type B”, intended for partnership projects between higher institutes with a choreutic-musical high school in the role of leader, for a maximum cost that can be financed by 40 thousand euros each. “With this initiative – says commissioner Mimmo Turano – we give our students the opportunity to know the linguistic and cultural traditions of our land. Supporting study paths of the Sicilian language means contributing to memory, passing on knowledge and rediscovering a unique, extraordinary and ancient roots ».