Bologna, 17 June 2024 – The Maturity 2024 with the settlement of 898 commissions of exam which they will have to examine 35,683 graduates of which 629 external and 35,054 internal (34,002 state and 1,052 private).
There are over 35 thousand (and increasing) high school leavers for the year 2024 in Emilia Romagna (archive photo)
The car then started moving. The bell will ring, for everyone, Wednesday June 19th for the Italian test. Following Thursday 20 June, the second written test concerning the disciplines characterizing the individual study paths. Finally the interview which aims to ascertain the achievement of the educational, cultural and professional profile of the student. During interviewthe candidate also presents the experiences carried out in the context of the Paths for Transversal Skills and Orientation (Pcto) and the skills acquired in the field of Civic Education.
One is planned third written test in some study areas (EsaBac, EsaBac techno sections, sections with an international option, schools in the autonomous region of Valle d’Aosta, in the autonomous province of Bolzano and schools with Slovenian teaching language and bilingual Slovenian/Italian schools in Friuli Venezia Giulia).
Maturity in Emilia Romagna: the numbers
The commissions
The commissions are 898 (last year there were 883) of which 187 in Bologna, 71 in Ferrara, 83 in Forlì-Cesena, 156 in Modena, 92 in Parma, 55 in Piacenza, 76 in Ravenna, 102 in Reggio Emilia and 76 in Rimini. Each commission is made up of three internal professors, three external and the president always external, i.e. 898 presidents, 2694 internal professors and the same number of external ones. For a total of 6286 principals and teachers.
High school graduates on the rise
The graduates there are 35,683 (last year there were 35,405). There are 35,054 internal students, 629 external students. In overall terms (internal and external), the highest numbers are recorded, as for the previous school year, in Bologna it’s at Modenain which 7,625 and 6,262 candidates will take the exam respectively.
Going into detail, Bologna has 7,625 graduates (7,458 internal and 167 external), Ferrara 2,821 (2,771 internal and 50 external), Forlì-Cesena 3,389 (3,327 internal and 62 external), Modena 6,262 (6,161 internal and 101 external), Parma 3,662 (3,628 external and 34 external internal), Piacenza 2,179 (2,132 internal and 47 external), Ravenna 2,914 (2,870 internal and 44 external), Reggio Emilia 3,965 (3,888 internal and 77 external) and Rimini 2,866 (2,819 internal and 47 external)
Unpacking the data by type of high schoolto Bologna 1,253 graduates are at the professional level, 2,517 at the technical level and 3,855 at the high school level; in Ferrara 651 for professional, 907 for technical 907 and 1,263 for high school; to Forlì-Cesena 591 in professional, 1,243 in technical and 1,555 in high school; in Modena, 1,168 in the professional sector; 2,418 in technical and 2,676 in high school; to Parma, 568 in professional, 1,321 in technical and 1,773 in high school; in Piacenza, 330 professional, 747 technical and 1,102 high school; in Ravenna 724 professional, 1,053 technical and 1,155 high school; in Reggio Emilia 1,030 in professional, 1,289 in technical and 1,646 in high school. Finally, Rimini 648 in professional, 821 in technical and 1,397 in high school.
Maturity for over 18s
THE graduates over 18 there are 692 in professional, 520 in technical and 32 in high school (of which 22 in Forlì-Cesena and 10 in Parma).
The wish of the general director Bruno Di Palma
It begins with a quote from Letter about happiness Of Epicurus (“May the young person be mature, thanks to the absence of fear regarding the future”, the wish of the general director of the regional school office, Bruno Di Palmaat his first high school diploma as ‘head’ of the Rmilia-Romagna school.
“I am sure that you will face the tests that await you with the utmost commitment and with a great sense of responsibility in order to demonstrate your abilities and give account of your potential after an academic course carried out over 13 years – he writes -. I am also certain that your teachers, the external members and the presidents of the Commissions will be able to guarantee you peaceful exams, placing you at the center and enabling you to give the best of yourselves, one by one. I am aware of the fact that you have invested a lot of time and energy to study with passion and arrive prepared for the tests, certain of being able to give your best.”
After Epicurus, Di Palma quotes Giovanni Pascoli to invite the graduates “to an unusual gallop”, to the so-called final rush that has always accompanied the days before the tests. “Do not give up! Try to prepare yourself well before the famous ‘night before the exams’, a song that has now become the soundtrack of every student who has achieved this goal and which this year marks the fortieth anniversary of its release. Just as safely, remember that this is a moment of life, of your life, which will have many other opportunities and important moments, so don’t be overwhelmed by anxiety or tension.”
In short, “as someone said many years ago, exams never end. You spent 5 years in secondary school, some of which were characterized by an unprecedented and global pandemic, by wars and conflicts unfortunately still ongoing, by a problematic international context, but rest assured that you, yes… you, will be able to lift up and give confidence to this world, giving us too the joy of seeing you satisfied and happy. And indeed, as Epicurus teaches us: ‘No one is too young or too old for the well-being of the soul’. Work towards what can ‘give rise to happiness, because if it is present we have everything, if it is missing we do everything to obtain it’. Good luck, from the bottom of my heart!”.
