THE ITALIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM

The Italian School System

You can find information about Italian education system on the EURYDICE network.
Click on http://www.eurydice.org/Documents/struct2/frameset_EN.html
then choose a country (ITALY - EN)

Organisation of the Eurydice Network  
First launched by the European Community in 1980, the Eurydice Network consists of a European Unit set up by the European Commission in Brussels and National Units established by education ministries in all countries taking part in Socrates, the EU education action programme.
Eurydice is a dynamic interdependent Network to whose work all Units contribute.
The European Unit coordinates the activity of the Network, drafts and distributes most of its publications, and designs and administers Eurydice databases and the central website.
National Units provide and are involved in processing the data on which this activity relies and ensure that the output of the Network reaches target groups within their countries. In most countries, Units are situated within the education ministry. In a few, however, they are located in library resource centres, or bodies for administration and research.