Does anyone know how the schools are run, what they're like, when do children start school, when do they graduate, etc. Anything about them at all?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Italy
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The problem in explaining the italian school system is that there isn't a direct corrispondence between the english system: -Asilo (nursery school) at age of 4 until the babies are 6 (it's optional) -Elementari (primary education) it lasts 5 years,so from they're 6 until they're 11 years old. -Medie ("secondary school") it lasts 3 years, until they're 13.It gives you a Licenza Media (but - Superiori (secondary school) it lasts 5 years, until they're 18. however you have to go to school only until when you're 16,then you can leave and go to work, but,due to without a Diploma (a degree that is given after the Superiori) you wouldn't work,you are forced to continue. Superiori can be either a Liceo (that is a school that gives you a large cultural formation,although it isn't very useful for working,so after liceo you are forced to go to the university),or Scuola Professionale (that gives you a professional preparation,for example for becoming an electrician,and than after it you can work). As i've said after Superiori you get a Diploma,a kind of degree. -The last step is the Università (University). It consists in 3 years of general formation,that it's called Laura Magistrale or Laurea Breve (a degree) and than 2 years of a a deeply specialization,that's called Specializzazione(master degree).However there are other faculties like Medicine that consist in 6 year and than a specialization of 2 years.
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