The maturity exams for over 500,000 students in the last year of high school start today at 8.30
: it is a maxi oral interview, in presence, which starts from the discussion of a paper whose topic has been assigned to each student by the class council. The Commissions are 13,349, for a total of 26,547 classes involved. Like last year, the commissions are chaired by an external president and are made up of six internal commissioners. The academic credit will be awarded up to a maximum of 60 points, of which up to 18 for the third class, up to 20 for the fourth class and up to 22 for the fifth class. Up to 40 points will be awarded with the oral exam. The final evaluation will be expressed in hundredths and it will be possible to obtain honors. 96.2% of students were admitted to the final exams.
"Good morning to the boys is an important moment in your life, it is a transition - so the Minister of Education Patrizio Bianchi in Unomattina -. It is the state exam, it is not an exam and there is not a single test. The boys will discuss, will speak with the commission and will discuss their thesis. We will see what will happen in the future without prejudice. You will not be branded as those of Covid, measure yourself ". "Guys, I think that the whole country is with you like never before, all the affection is for you who are passing this test. Come on!", Bianchi then told Rainews 24, underlining that "theirs is a very thorough exam. title, it is not a light formula and it is not in Serie B, it is their exam.to those who asked him what he would save from this difficult two-year period due to the pandemic, he replies: "except for everything, except for the difficulties, except for the fact of using tools that were not there before, except above all the fatigue of the children and teachers. examination was a tiring, conquered, difficult thing and the boys have to carry the result within them ".
"If the situation improves between now and September and allows everyone to feel safe, we will go beyond the masks,"
he said.
the Minister of Education.
"We will succeed - he added - if we have a profound sense of what the mask is: it is not a tax to be paid, it is an instrument of mutual protection, therefore it is not an imposition, it is our measure of how to protect all the others".
"If we continue to have respect for each other - he concluded - it is a measure that must be used with the common sense of all" and therefore if the situation improves "we will go even further".