There can be few teachers in the world who have not privately cursed the kids in their classroom as little devils.

Italy has now gone one step further - offering teachers the chance to take exorcism courses.

An intensive, 40-hour course in “exorcisms and prayers of liberation” is now available to teachers through the ministry of education.

The course, which costs 400 euros per participant, will be held at the Pontifical University of Regina Apostolorum, a Vatican-affiliated university in Rome which holds annual exorcism conventions for Catholic priests from around the world.