Preschool Naples Italy
All education in the nation of Italy is state controlled. All schools, public and private, must comply with the methods and curricula decided on by the Ministry of Public Education. Attendance is compulsory and is free for all children between the ages of 6 and 14. The program is segmented into 5 classes at the elementary school level and 3 classes at the lower secondary school level.
The Italian educational system also has two pre-school functions. First is for children under three years old called “Day nursery” (Nidi d’infanzia) and another for children aged three to six years called “Nursery scholl” (Scuola maternal). These institutions do a very respectable job of preparing young Italian children for the educational challenges they will face in the future.
Both the compulsory and higher education Italian system are currently undergoing a period of transition. The entire basic structure of the state system, as a whole, is being changed. These changes are designed to bring the Italian educational system more into line with the rest of the European Union and to create a more flexible system.
In Naples itself there are more than 13 different preschools to choose from. From the Scuola dell’Infamzia partaria Les Petits garcons on San Vitaliano to the Children’s Garden of Learning on Parco Mazzola, there is a choice for everyone.