Transcript The Italian education system

The Italian education system
2008 edition
Eurydice
European Commision
General informations
• In School year 2005-2006 there were
8.908.336 students of all school levels
The Ministry of Public Education is the
responsible for school education
At local level it is represented By regional
and provincial education offices
From 1999 we have school autonomy
School Autonomy
Grants to all schools teaching, organization,
research, experimentation and
development autonomy
Pre- Primary education
• Age 3-6
The weekly number of hours range from 25
to 48 ( Parents’ choise )
per 35 weeks per year
It is free (parents pay just for canteen
services and transport if necessary) but it
is not compulsory
Compulsory education
From 6 to 16 years of age
• Primary school
Age 6 -11
• Lower secondary school Age 11 - 14
• 2 first years of Upper secondary school
Age 14 – 16
It’s free of charge but families pay for books
School year
• At least 200 days ( September to June)
• 891 minimum teaching hours in primary
and lower secondary
• 33 teaching weeks
• Average amount of 27/29 teaching hours
minimum per week
Assessment
• Periodical and annual assessment for
pupils’ learning and behaviour
• On completion of the compulsory first
school cycle students take a State
examination at 14 to be admitted to the
upper secondary education level
Subjects
• Elementary: Italian, english language, history,
geography,mathematics, science,ICT, music and
drawing,physical education, catholic religion (
not compulsory )
• Lower secondary: Italian, english language, a
second foreign language,history,
geography,mathematics,science, thecnical
education, music, art, physical education, ICT,
catholic religion ( not compulsory)
The Ministry of education gives guidelines for each
subject.
Upper secondary education
• Age 14 – 19
Liceo Classico
Liceo scientifico
Liceo linguistico
Liceo socio psico pedagogico
Liceo artistico
Istituto tecnico
Vocational education
• Age 14 – 17
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17 – 19
The system offers many different branches
Assessment
• Oral and written work is assessed at least
two times a year
• At the end of upper secondary education
there is a final examination
Subjects
• Central government determines basic
curricula for each branch of upper
secondary education and gives guidance
for teaching methods.
• Common subjects to all Institutions are:
Italian, history, at least a foreign
language,mathematics and physical
education
The Integration of handicapped
students
• Started in 1977 with Law n. 517
• Hd. Students started to attend school with
the other students
• Depending on their handicap, these
students have the right to be followed (1:1
teaching ratio) by a specialized teacher for
several hours a week (min. 4.5 hours –
maximum 18 hours)
How to get the Hd.Certificate
• The Family asks for certificate to the State
Medical Institute
• Takes it to school
• At school a group of experts is activated (
headteacher, teachers, doctors, social
workers, parents ) to prepare the
personalized school plan for each student
and to follow the students’ progress
Plan Objectives
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To promote students’ integration
To promote students’ autonomy
To promote students’ motivation
Focus on skills because
skills improve integration
Evaluation
• What, how,when to evaluate the students’
progress is fixed yearly in the school
personalised plan
• Students take the final State Examination
(licenza media) according to the plan
made at the biginning of each school year
• In upper secondary education students get
a certificate of attendance