How the Italian education system has changed
How has our country's education system changed since 2003? The answer can be found in the new Claist 2025 (Classification of Learning, Education and Study Levels), recently published by Istat with the contribution of an inter-institutional committee of experts involving ministries, research bodies and regions.
The new map updates and replaces the previous 2003 classification of educational qualifications, including for the first time courses introduced in recent years, such as the ITS Academy, four-year high school courses and regional vocational training.
Designed to be exhaustive and historicised, CLAIST collects and codifies all current and past education and training pathways, from nursery schools to PhDs. The tool has been designed in full compliance with international classifications (such as UNESCO's ISCED) and linked to the Atlas of Work and Qualifications, so as to make data comparable and promote interoperability between institutions, schools, researchers and administrations.
We are sharing this useful and innovative tool with our community, as it helps to provide a clearer and more accessible overview of the evolution of the Italian education system and a better understanding of the educational trajectories of young people and adults.
This first phase of work will be followed by the development of a digital platform for managing and consulting the classification, which will be useful both to users and to Istat for future updates.
For the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, which is committed to promoting educational innovation and digital inclusion, tools such as CLAIST are a valuable reference for designing educational pathways that are consistent with changes in schools and the workplace.
