2023

There have been no reforms.

2022

Educational guidelines for the ECEC 0-3 – update   

The National guidelines for the early childohood education services (Orientamenti nazionali per i servizi educativi per l'infanzia) have been published with the Ministerial Decree no. 43/2022.  

The document consists of six chapters covering the following topics:  The history of childhood education services The rights and the potentials of the child in the first thousand days of life The educational alliance with parents, the relationships and participation The characteristics and actions of the educational profession The organisational aspects such as spaces, furniture, materials, etc. The continuity of the aims and curriculum in the integrated system from 0 to 6 years of age

National guidelines for the ECEC services are the last published document among the three steering documents that make up the educational frame for the integrated system 0-6. 

Source: Ministry of education (last visited August 2022) 

2021

Educational guidelines for the integrated system 0-6 – update

On 27 December Ministerial Decree 334/2021 that includes the Educational guidelines for the integrated system from 0 to 6 years of age (Linee pedagogiche per il sistema integrato zerosei) has ended the approval procedure.

Educational guidelines for the integrated system 0-6

On 6 December 2021, the Ministry of education announced the approval of the  the Educational Guidelines (Linee pedagogiche) for the integrated system from 0 to 6 years of age. The relevant Ministerial Decree is undergoing the approval procedure.

The text of the guidelines has undergone a consultation phase with stakeholders, ended with the approval of the final document that represents the framework of the whole ECEC system. The Guidelines do not replace the already existing National Guidelines for the curriculum of 2012 that apply in pre-primary schools neither the future guidelines for the ECEC 0-3 (please see below).

The educational guidelines 0-6 consist of six parts: the rights of childhood, the educational ecosystem, a child-centred system, curriculum and planning, principles of professionality, governance guarantee.

Educational guidelines for the ECEC 0-3

On the 6 December 2021, the Ministry of education launched the draft text of the educational guidelines for the ECEC offer 0-3 (Orientamenti nazionali per i servizi educativi per l’infanzia) that, together with the guidelines for the ECEC 0-6 (please see above) and the National Guidelines for the curriculum for ECEC 3-6, will complete the framework of guidelines for the whole ECEC system.

Educational guidelines consist of five chapters. Issues go from the history of educational services for children aged 0 to 3, to the rights of small children, the involvement of parents, the professional role of educators and the organisational aspects such as spaces, furniture, materials, etc.

Educational guidelines are now undergoing the consultation phase with stakeholders before being approved and published.

Measures to start school activities for the school and academic year 2021/2022

On 6 August 2021, the Government has approved the Law-Decree no. 111, which contains the urgent measures to be taken to contrast the Covid-19 pandemic for the school and academic year 2021/2022.

The Decree will be discussed in Parliament and must be approved by 9 October, otherwise its effects, already in force since 7 August, will cease. In case of approval by law, the measures will apply until the end of the Covid- 19 emergency, set at 31 December 2021.

On 10 September the Government has approved the Law-Decree no. 122 that widens the measures of the previous decree.

The measures apply to all institutions of the State and Regional education and training systems.

As for ECEC and school settings, the Decrees establish that:

• distance learning activities will not be carried out unless otherwise decided at regional or municipal level exclusively for institutions located in the red or orange areas of risk according to the criteria established at national level;
• at all school levels, staff and students, with the exception of children under the age of 6 and those who are exempt from it for certified reasons, must wear a mask;
• all must be at least 1 meter away and access to those with a body temperature above 37.5 ° C is not allowed;
• teaching and non-teaching staff must have and show the green certification known as 'Green pass', that is the document that certifies either the vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, or the recovery from the infection or the negative response to a swab test;
• the dispositions on the green pass apply to all people who access premises as external visitors, including parents.

The Green pass is not mandatory for those who are exempted from the vaccination campaign for certified reasons.