Italy
Address
Unità italiana di Eurydice
Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa, Indire
Agenzia Erasmus+
Via Cesare Lombroso 6/15
IT-50134 Firenze
Tel: +39 055 2380 325
E-Mail: eurydice@indire.it
Website
The organisation of the academic year 2024/2025 in Italy is as follows:
Beginning of the academic year | Institutional autonomy, October |
Period(s) when there are teaching activities | Institutional autonomy, usually during the semesters |
Period(s) of examination | Institutional autonomy, at the end of the semesters |
End of the academic year | Institutional autonomy, September |
Breaks between the teaching activities excluding |
National information
Italy - Teachers' salaries and allowances
Teachers' salaries and allowances
- Teachers’ remuneration is regulated by collective agreement at all education levels.
- The minimum qualification level for teachers is ISCED 7 at all education levels. In addition, they undergo competitive examination and, until school year 2022/2023, teachers at secondary level are required to complete 24 ECTS in specific psycho-pedagogical subjects and teaching methodologies.
- The salary progression of teachers depends on the number of years in service
- In the state schools, teachers have the status of "non-civil servant public employees". Teachers are public employees with a private contract. These contracts are defined by schools under private law based on a national collective labour bargaining.
School heads' salaries
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National information
Italy - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated by collective agreement for the fixed part and at regional level for the variable part.
- The minimum qualification requirement for school heads is ISCED 7 at all education levels. In addition, 5 years of teaching experience and competitive examination are required.
- The salary progression of school heads depends on complexity of the school and is decided at regional level.
- School heads are public managers with a private contract defined by collective agreement.
Teachers' salaries
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National Information
Further readings
Source of data: MUR (Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca) [Ministry of Higher Education and Research], Census Survey carried out by the Statistical Office and National Student Register (ustat.miur.it).
Interventions and contributions in higher education
Interventions and contributions - afam
Family allowances are available as of 01/01/2022 - Legislative Decree No. 230 of 2021
Address
Unità italiana di Eurydice
Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa, Indire
Agenzia Erasmus+
Via Cesare Lombroso 6/15
IT-50134 Firenze
Tel: +39 055 2380 325
E-Mail: eurydice@indire.it
Website
As for the offer for children aged less than 3 years, beside public nurseries directly run by municipalities, there are several accredited private nursery and merely private institutes offering this type of service. Recently, due the lack of available places in public nurseries, ECEC services in company for employees are getting more and more common.
Address
Unità italiana di Eurydice
Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa, Indire
Agenzia Erasmus+
Via Cesare Lombroso 6/15
IT-50134 Firenze
Tel: +39 055 2380 325
E-Mail: eurydice@indire.it
Website
Central regulations (Law 107/2015 and D.Lgs 65/2017) acknowledge home-based education only for children aged between 0 and 3 years.
Address
Unità italiana di Eurydice
Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa, Indire
Agenzia Erasmus+
Via Cesare Lombroso 6/15
IT-50134 Firenze
Tel: +39 055 2380 325
E-Mail: eurydice@indire.it
Website
Address
Unità italiana di Eurydice
Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa, Indire
Agenzia Erasmus+
Via Cesare Lombroso 6/15
IT-50134 Firenze
Tel: +39 055 2380 325
E-Mail: eurydice@indire.it
Website
Address
Unità italiana di Eurydice
Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa, Indire
Agenzia Erasmus+
Via Cesare Lombroso 6/15
IT-50134 Firenze
Tel: +39 055 2380 325
E-Mail: eurydice@indire.it
Website
Place guarantee to ECEC
ECEC is organised in two separate levels according to the age of children:
- Educational services for children aged less than three years,
- Preprimary schools for children aged three years and over.
Neither of the two ECEC levels is compulsory and there is not a legal guarantee to a place in any of them.
Address
Unità italiana di Eurydice
Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa, Indire
Agenzia Erasmus+
Via Cesare Lombroso 6/15
IT-50134 Firenze
Tel: +39 055 2380 325
E-Mail: eurydice@indire.it
Website
There are not organisational variations or alternative structures that offer secondary education in the public sector.