THE ITALIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM

The italian educational system is composed by three parts :

1. primary education

2. secondary education

3. higher education

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Nursey school

Primary school (elementary)

Lower secondary school level

STATE EXAMs

High schools

Technical institutes and professional educations

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The nursey schoolFor the children who are three , four and five years old, the nursey school has three objectives:

1) respect the most important rules

2) learn the respect

3) Know what is right and what is wrong

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Elementary schoolThe primary school is formed by five school

years that the children must attend to learn the basics of the various subjects like maths , italian, english etc..But they have time also for the creativity and to express their selves

The lower secondary school level

Moreover when the exames have been passed they have to choose one of the various addresses of the next schools they’ll attend: an high school, a technical school or a professional education.

it’s a cycle of three years where boys and girls must learn to do conversation with the adults to pass the state exams at the end of that three years

The high schools

scientifical high schools

classical high schools

Italy’s got some different high schools and students have to choose the better of them for their future.Our high schools are classified in:

Sports high schools

Applied sciences high schools

Classical high school

Their subjects are :

Italian language and cultureGreeck language and cultureLatin laguage and cultureA foreign language and cultureHistory and geographyPhilosophyMatemathicsPhysicsArt historyGymnasticreligion

In italy, the classical high school is still “the oldest and the most prestigious cultural institution “

This school is finalized to get ready the students to the humanities facolty

It is composed by five years .the pupils have 27 hours every weeks at the first and at the second year ; insted in the third, fourth and fifth year they’ve got 31 hours every weeks.

Scientifical high schoolThis school offers a general culture to follow a technical-scientifical university adress.

The subjects are:

1. Italian culture and laguage2. latin culture and language3. foreing culture and language4. history and geography5. phylosophy6. natural sciences 7. physics8. mathematics9. design10. religion11.Gymnastic12. Art history

This school is composed by five years and the students have :25 hours every weeks in the first year;27 hours every weeks in the second year;28 hours every weeks in the third year;29 hours every weeks in the fourth year;30 hours every weeks in the last year.

Applied science high school

This kind of schools is caracterized by the more time they give to the scientific disciplines: is an integration between sciences and technology.

The subjecst are the same of the scientifical high schools added to the informatics .

So, this school is not complitely teoricle but also pratical.

Sport high schools

Italy’s objective is introduce 100 sport high school in the state next year

Italy’s introducing a new type of high school caracterized by the scientifical formation and a great space for the sports.In fact this type of school has the same subjects of a scientifical high school except for art history, latin and phylosophy that will replaced with biology, natural sciences and low and economy of the sports.

TECHNICAL

SCHOOLS

Italy’s got two great families of technical institutes but thay have various ramification

Ecomomic technical institutes

Technological technical institutes

This kind of school is different from the high schools ‘cause there’s not only a theorical formation but also pratical.

Economic technical schools

The first and the second year are the same to all the formation but at the third year students start their specialization

The various ramifications of this schools are:• tourism sector• administrative and

commercial sector• foreign trade sector

Technological technical schools

Choosing this kind of school you can study subjects about sectors like:

• industry sector

• aeronautical sector

• military sector

• agrarian sector

• mechanical sector

Professional schools

Professional institutes were born for students who at the end of three years wuold like to find a work as soon as possible.

At the end of five years, the students must do the maturity exam.

Trought this exam the state chek if the student is ready to start a new specialization like university or simply search a work to enter in the buisness world.

In italy this exam id divided in two steps:The first step is pass three or four test;The second step is an oral exam when the teachers come from different school to overhault the level of the students .

The maturity

Italy’s got 63 different universities divided in :

1. State university

2. University sponsored by public authorities like regions and provinces

3. University sponsored by the Ministery of the education and of the search

At the end students take a degree