The Minister of Education, Patrizio Bianchi, has signed the Ordinances on the State Exams of the first and second cycle of education and on the methods of nomination and constitution of the Commissions.
The Ordinances define the June Exams, taking into account the health emergency and its impact on school life and the country. For both the first and second cycle, the Exam will have an oral exam, in person, which will start from the discussion of a paper whose topic will be assigned to the students by the class council in the months preceding the Exam itself, so that they can carefully manage its developments, supported by their teacher. In secondary schools, the paper will concern the subjects characterizing the study program. The Ordinances were signed after being submitted to the opinion of the Higher Council of Public Education, as required by current legislation. The texts are available, from today, on the website of the Ministry of Education, with the related attachments. The Ministry has made available a special web page with all the materials dedicated to the State Exams. In particular, for the second cycle, the tables for converting school credit for the third and fourth year and for assigning credit for the fifth year, the characterizing subjects for each study path, and the evaluation grid for the oral exam are attached. The Ordinances contain special provisions dedicated to students with disabilities, with Specific Learning Disorders and with other Special Educational Needs, paying maximum attention to the theme of inclusion. In the coming weeks, a specific Safety Protocol for Exams will be defined, which will be shared with the Trade Unions.
In particular, the final State Exam of the first cycle of education will be held in person (except for different provisions related to the progress of the epidemiological situation) in the period between the end of lessons and June 30, 2021. The Exam includes an oral exam starting from the discussion of a paper on a topic that will be assigned to each student by the Class Council by May 7. The paper will then be sent by the students to the Class Council by the following June 7. The paper will consist of an original product, consistent with the topic assigned by the Class Council. It may be created in the form of a written text, multimedia presentation, film, artistic or technical-practical production. It will involve one or more disciplines from those included in the study plan. Teachers will accompany students, supporting and advising them, during the creation of their papers. It will be a shared path that will allow each and every one to express what they have learned. During the oral exam, the levels of mastery of the Italian language, logical-mathematical skills, skills in foreign languages and skills in Civic Education will be ascertained. The final evaluation will be expressed with a grade out of ten. It will be possible to obtain honors. Admission to the exam will be decided by the class council. With reference to the need to have attended at least three quarters of the personalized annual number of hours, exceptions may be made by the council itself, taking into account the specific situations due to the epidemiological emergency. In the case of partial or failed acquisition of the learning levels in one or more subjects, the class council may decide, with adequate motivation, not to admit to the exam.
The exam session for the second cycle will begin on June 16th at 8.30:30 am. The exam includes an oral interview, which will start with the discussion of a paper whose topic will be assigned to each student by the class councils by April 31th. The paper will then be sent by the candidate by May 1st. There will therefore be a month to develop it. Each student will have time to take care of it in depth, thanks also to the support of a teacher who will accompany this path, helping each candidate to enhance what they have learned. The paper will be assigned on the basis of the path taken and the disciplines characterizing the study program, which may also be integrated with contributions from other disciplines, experiences related to the Paths for transversal skills and orientation or individual skills present in the student's curriculum. The paper may have different forms, in order to take into account the specificity of the different study paths, the planning of the school institutions and the characteristics of the student in order to enhance the peculiarities and the personalized path taken. The disciplines characterizing the study path were published today together with the ordinances. There will be, for example, Latin language and culture and Greek language and culture for the classical high school, Mathematics and Physics for the scientific high school, Foreign language and culture 3 and Foreign language and culture XNUMX for the linguistic high school. And again, Human sciences for the high school of human sciences, Painting disciplines for the artistic high school, figurative arts, Graphic-pictorial, Business economics for the technical institute, economic sector, Administration, finance and marketing, Multimedia design and Technical laboratories for the technical institute, technological sector, Graphics and communication, Tourist reception services laboratory and Law and administrative techniques of the accommodation facility for the professional institute, Food and wine and hotel hospitality services, Tourist reception branch. All other disciplines are published on the Ministry website.
After the discussion of the paper, the interview will continue with the discussion of a text already studied in the field of teaching Italian Language and Literature, with the analysis of materials (a text, a document, an experience, a problem, a project) prepared by the commission with the discussion of conceptual nodes characterizing the different disciplines. There will be space for the presentation of the experience carried out in the PCTO (Paths for transversal skills and orientation). The candidate will demonstrate, during the interview, to have developed the skills and knowledge required in the field of Civic Education. The indicative duration of the interview will be 60 minutes. The school credit will be awarded up to a maximum of 60 points, of which up to 18 for the third class, up to 20 for the fourth class and up to 22 for the fifth class. Up to 40 points will be awarded with the oral exam. The final evaluation will be expressed in hundredths, it will be possible to obtain honors. In conducting the interviews, the information contained in the student's curriculum will be taken into account, which includes the school career, but also the activities carried out in other areas, such as sports, volunteering and cultural activities. The number of candidates who take the interview cannot exceed 5 per day; the order of convocation of the candidates will be according to the alphabetical letter established on the basis of the draw by the individual commissions. The admission of the candidates will be decided, during the final scrutiny, by the Class Council. Participation in the national Invalsi tests, which will be held in any case, will not be an access requirement, and the schools will establish any exceptions to the attendance requirement, foreseen for three-quarters of the individual timetable. There is also an exception to the number of hours foreseen for the Paths for transversal skills and orientation, which also does not represent an access requirement. The Commission will be internal, with an external President. The Ordinance on the second cycle also refers to the rules for external candidates, who will take the preliminary test in the month of May, and in any case no later than the end of lessons, in order to be able to access the June Exam. For external candidates, the examination venues are the educational institutions of the national education system to which they are assigned.
Article published on March 4, 2021 - 20pm
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