INDIRE National Institute of Documentation for Innovation and Educational Research Florence, 5 June 2006

THE ITALIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM By Italian Eurydice Unit THE ITALIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM By Italian Eurydice Unit

Central Level Administration: MIUR – Ministry of Education, University and Research The MIUR has the following tasks: guidance, planning, monitoring It is responsible for: general organisation of school education; provision of an essential level of vocational education and training; legal status of teaching staff; determination of financial resources to the schools; evaluation of the school system.

Local Administration carry out administration management through the ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTRES (CSA) REGIONAL SCHOOL OFFICES

SCHOOL AUTONOMY (Law 59/97 Decree 275/99) SCHOOLS are granted teaching autonomy organisation autonomy research, experimentation and development autonomy Each school develops its own ‘Plan of Educational Offer’ (POF) School Level Administration

‘PLAN OF EDUCATIONAL OFFER’ (POF) “… fundamental document on the cultural and planning identity of the schools…” The POF, developed by the Teachers’ Assembly, provides the educational objectives of the school and its compulsory curriculum made up of a part established at national level and a part established by the school.

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FIRST SCHOOL CYCLE PRIMARY SCHOOL: 5 years LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL: 3 years + State exam at the end of the first school cycle

PRIMARY SCHOOL National guidelines for personalised study plans, have replaced the old programs since 2004/2005 SUBJECTS: + Civil coexistence education Italian English Mathematics Sciences History Geography ICT Music Arts Motory and sports sciences Catholic religion

LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL The National guidelines for personalised study plans foresee the following SUBJECTS: Italian History Geography Mathematics Sciences and technology English Second foreign language Arts Music Motory and sports sciences Religion

ORGANISATION OF SCHOOL TIME PRIMARY SCHOOL Total amount of teaching hours in a school year: Total amount of teaching hours in a school year: 891 compulsory hours + 99 optional hours 891 compulsory hours + 99 optional hours Single institutes are granted autonomy to organise their timetables Single institutes are granted autonomy to organise their timetables LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL Total amount of teaching hours in a school year: Total amount of teaching hours in a school year: 891 compulsory hours optional hours 891 compulsory hours optional hours Each subject has a minimum and a maximum amount of teaching time Each subject has a minimum and a maximum amount of teaching time

5 YEARS 4 YEARS + 1 additional year 3 YEARS + 2 YEARS 5 YEARS 3 YEARS + 2 YEARS SECOND SCHOOL CYCLE LICEO ARTISTICO LICEO CLASSICO/LICEO SCIENTIFICO/LINGUISTICO/ SOCIO-PEDAGOGICO ISTITUTO D’ARTE ISTITUTI TECNICI ISTITUTI PROFESSIONALI

INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING Up to school year 2006/2007: PREPRIMARY AND PRIMARY EDUCATION: PREPRIMARY AND PRIMARY EDUCATION: primary education sciences degree (4 years) primary education sciences degree (4 years) LOWER AND UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION: LOWER AND UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION: degree (5 years) + Specialisation School - SSIS (2 years) degree (5 years) + Specialisation School - SSIS (2 years) From school year 2006/2007 (Decree no.227/2005): For all levels of education: For all levels of education: degree (3 + 2 years of specialisation for teaching) degree (3 + 2 years of specialisation for teaching)

Objectves Target groups Activities Institutional network established by the European Commission to boost cooperation, by improving understanding systems and policies in education All those involved in the provision of education and policy-makers Eurostat Cedefop ETF European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education, Council of Europe, OECD, UNESCO. Cooperation with other partners data base and monographs on the European education systems; comparative studies on specific topics of Community interest; indicators e statistics; terminological instruments. EURYDICE

DESCRIPTIONS OF EDUCATION SYSTEMS Eurybase – data base on the European education systems Structures of education, initial training and adult education systems in Europe National summary sheets on education systems in Europe and ongoing reforms In: