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Italy 2026‑27 education reforms

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In late July 2026 Italy’s Ministry of Education first released the official 2026‑27 school calendar, detailing setting staggered start dates for each region regions between 7 September and 17 September and outlining holidays and a June‑end exam timelines, including an early June final‑exam schedule for Veneto. schedule. Two days later the ministry issued a policy address that placed the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) at the core of upcoming school reforms. The address highlighted reforms, stressing tighter central control over funding, the rollout of AI‑based learning tools, staffing reforms, changes and the promotion of a “4+2” technical‑professional pathway, while pledging greater institutional autonomy but limited limiting regional input. The accompanying INVALSI report showed tracked a cohort of about 515,000 students, finding that most students progress to 73.2 % reach the fifth year of upper secondary school, with notable dropout 11.5 % delay at least one year, 6.9 % enter vocational training and delayed‑enrollment rates, prompting calls 7.3 % leave school early, and called for policies that address both explicit dropout and implicit educational dispersion. competency gaps. On 31 July the ministry reiterated these priorities in a formal policy brief, confirming the same reform agenda and statistical findings. By 3 August regional authorities had finalised the calendar, with the autonomous Province of Bolzano starting on 7 September and Puglia on 17 September, most regions beginning on 14‑15 September and the year ending in early June 2027. The municipality of Frosinone announced a local subsidy of up to €493.71 for secondary‑school students from low‑income households to cover textbooks, digital tools and notebooks, with applications due by 23 September, and introduced a provisional school‑transport service requiring a minimum of three students per line.

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