ITALIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

1. ANGELA SCHISANO

2. ANTONINO GIMMILLARO

3. CORRADO FORTUNA

4. MARIA PENNISI

I.P.S.I.A. “P. CALAPSO”, SIRACUSA, ITALIA

ITALIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

• THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS PUBLIC

• THERE ARE PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR EACH KIND OF SCHOOL

• 2003: THE RIGHT-DUTY TO EDUCATION AND TRASINING FOR12 YEARS AND/OR UP TO GETTING A QUALIFICATION WITHIN HE/SHE IS 18

• ALTERNATION SCHOOL-WORK

ITALIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

REFORM

2003: REFORM PLAN PASSED

• RIGHT-DUTY TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR AT LEAST 12 YEARS

• ADVANCED SECONDARY EDUCATION DIVIDED IN ONLY 2 COURSES

• ALTERNATION SCHOOL-WORK

EDUCATION SYSTEM AND TRAINING ACCORDING TO THE RIFORM

STATE OF REFORM

• GRADUAL REFORM: THE WIDE PROCESS OF REORGANIZATION IS NOT FINISHED YET, OTHER LAWS BY DECREE ARE NECESSARY

• 2005/06 – REFORM BROUGHT ABOUT ONLY IN NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS

• INCOMPLETE REFORM IN SECONDARY (JR.) SCHOOL TILL TO DAY

• ADVANCED SECONDARY AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS FOLLOW THE OLD REGULATIONS

STRONG POINTS OF THE REFORM

• IMPROVEMENT OF THE TRAINING STANDARDS THROUGH INCREASING THE RATE OF THE PARTECIPATION TO THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES.

• INCREASING OF THE TRAINING OFFER, THE CURRICULA MODERNIZATION.

• THE INTEGRATION AMONG DIFFERENT SYSTEMS (EDUCATION, JOB, TRAINING, SOCIAL LIFE.

• THE RECOGNITION OF CREDITS