LIGURIA – There are around 11 thousand Ligurian students taking the final exam. First test starting this Wednesday 19 June with the Italian test. In Genoa alone there are 5 thousand. According to data from the Ministry of Education, Liguria is one of the regions where students fail the most in the last year of high school. In first place for those not admitted is Sardinia with 7.4% of students not admitted to the high school leaving exam followed by Valle d’Aosta, Liguria, Tuscany and Sicily. In recent years in Liguria the 100 assigned by the commission have been 10.5%.
Seven tracks divided between text analysis; argumentative text and topical topic. There are Ungaretti with “Pilgrimage” for the analysis of poetry e Pirandello with a piece taken from Quaderni di Serafino Gubbio operator for analyzing prose text. There is also a text taken from “History of Europe” by Galasso who invites graduates to reflect on the atomic bomb 120 years after the birth of the inventor Oppenhaimer. A passage by the jurist and constitutionalist Maria Agostina Cabiddu taken from The Intuition of the constituents extracted from the Aic magazine (Italian Association of Constitutionalists); Rediscover silence. Art, music, poetry, Nature between listening and communicating Nicoletta Polla-Mattiot. As regards the topical theme, a text by has been chosen Rita Levi Montalcini in In Praise of Imperfection and a text by Maurizio Camilito in Profiles, selfies and blogs, the form of the diary in the internet age, a song from 2014 written just when the social phenomenon had just exploded. In front of the Liceo D’Oria in Genoa, a mix of tension and awareness on the part of the students before entering the classroom for the test.
The second tests will start on Thursday 20 June, differing according to the disciplines characterizing the individual study paths. The interview is scheduled for the following Monday; the commissions will listen to 5 candidates per day. In Liguria, in the high schools of Sanremo and Rapallo, the start of the oral exams will start with a few days delay due to the run-offs for the election of mayors.
Best wishes from the Liguria Region to the students – “A special hug to all the Ligurian students who this morning they are entering the classrooms for the State Exams. Dear kids, face ‘maturity’ with courage and determination, be proud of the path you have taken so far, of the sacrifices and dedication you have made. Despite the inevitable excitement of these days, you are experiencing moments full of unique and indescribable emotions that you will remember for a lifetime.” Thus the interim president of the Liguria Region Alessandro Piana and the school councilor Simona Ferro on the day in which 11 thousand Ligurian students take the first final exam.
The first test serves to ascertain 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 seven tracks available for all study areas which refer to the artistic, literary, historical, philosophical, scientific, technological, economic and social fields.
