2026

New National guidelines for the curriculum for preprimary school and the first cycle of education

On 27 January 2026, Ministerial Decree 221/2025 was published in the Official Gazette, containing the new National guidelines for the curriculum of preprimary school and the first cycle of education.

The new national guidelines entirely replace the previous text published in 2012 and will apply from the 2026/2027 school year.

For details on the main changes introduced by the new text, see below.

2025

Published the draft of the new National guidelines for the curriculum for preprimary education and the first cycle of education

The Ministry of education and merit has published the draft of the revised curriculum that applies to preprimary, primary and lower secondary education.

In 2024 the Ministry has set up a commission in charge of drawing up a revised text of the National guidelines for the curriculum published in 2012. The commission is made up of experts in the pedagogy and it collaborates with sub-commissions made up of experts in the various disciplines taught at primary and lower secondary education.

As for preprimary education, the text describes the fields of experience, while for school education the new guidelines describe, for each subject:

• The reasons for teaching it,
• The aims of teaching it,
• The specific learning objectives expected at certain grades of primary and lower secondary education
• The competences and knowledge to be achieved in primary and in lower secondary education.

The publication of the draft text will be followed by a consultation phase with the involvement of stakeholders, professional associations, parents’ and students’ associations, and trade unions. The end of the consultation will start the formal phase for the adoption of the new national guidelines that will apply from school year 2026/2027 to the preprimary education and to the first cycle of education. 

2024

There have been no reforms.