Gabriele D'Annunzio and Luigi Pirandello are the most popular names for a place in the first written test of the Italian test. "heavy" anniversaries such as those linked to the Matteotti case, the birth of Oppenheimer, or the death of Lenin lead the list of ideas for the other types of tracks.
The same goes for current issues such as artificial intelligence, gender violence, and ongoing global conflicts. These hypotheses were collected by the traditional researchers of the Skuola.net portal, which interviewed 1,000 high school graduates. The test is set for June 19th, and the results will be announced on September 1st, 2018. The first test will be held at the University of Bologna, with the results to be announced two months after the final exam on September 14th, 2018, and a year later at the Italian Ministry of Education. The results will also be published on the website of the Ministry of Education, which will be open to the public. Among the first rehearsal tracks, there will also be ideas taken from productions of a historical, artistic, scientific, political, and social nature. On this, excellent starting points could be historical events or anniversaries linked to famous people. In classes throughout Italy, as many as 7 out of 10 students, together with their teachers, have tried more or less frequently to put themselves in Giuseppe Valditara's shoes. The current first high school exam is not the one that shaped the nightmares of generations of high school graduates who took it before the Berlinguer reform at the end of the 1990s. More tracks and more types of tests make the task less difficult. But not without obstacles. The students are focusing strongly on the theme of "peace" (22%), followed by the "future" (19%) and "historical memory" (13%). The most debated topics reign supreme at this juncture. Artificial intelligence and new digital frontiers, violence against women and gender equality, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.