The final exams for 526,317 students begin tomorrow

ROME, JUNE 18 – The final exams begin tomorrow for 526,317 students, 512,530 internal and 13,787 external, who will be examined by 14,072 commissions, for a total of 28,038 classes. The greatest number of candidates comes from high schools, 266,057, followed by those from technical institutes, 172,504; finally there are 87,756 students of professional institutes. We start at 8.30 with the first test, the same for everyone, and continue the following day, Thursday, again at 8.30 with different tests according to the disciplines characterizing the individual study paths. The interview is scheduled for next Monday; the commissions will listen to a maximum of 5 candidates per day. For some students, however, the start of the oral exam will be postponed due to the run-off elections, as the municipalities in the second round go back to the polls on Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th, until 3pm. These days the students also practice using the ‘Artificial intelligence: 1 in 4 graduating seniors, according to a survey, are already using tools like ChatGPT to review the syllabus. Only 15%, however, are using AI in relation to the traces of the written essay, while the majority are convinced that it is more useful for the oral exam. Tomorrow’s test verifies both the mastery of the Italian language and the expressive, logical-linguistic and critical skills of the students. The test has a maximum duration of 6 hours. The ministry makes 7 tracks available for all study areas which refer to the artistic, literary, historical, philosophical, scientific, technological, economic and social fields. In total traces we find the anniversary of the assassination of Giacomo Matteotti, the birth 150 years ago of Guglielmo Marconi and that 120 years ago of Robert Oppenheimer. Even an in-depth study on the issues of climate change and the new frontiers opened by artificial intelligence, according to the students, could stimulate the “imagination” of ministerial commissioners. Among the most popular authors are Luigi Pirandello, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Alessandro Manzoni and Giuseppe Ungaretti. Among the historical anniversaries, the First World War stands out but the Normandy landing also makes its way. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the war in Ukraine together with 20 years of Facebook with everything related to social networks and gender violence are, however, at the top of the list of favorite current affairs issues. (HANDLE).