Overview
- Cittadinanzattiva’s latest report counts 71 collapses between September 2024 and September 2025, with 23 in the North, 19 in the Center, and 29 in the South and islands, causing 19 injuries.
- INAIL recorded 78,365 student injuries in 2024, an increase of 7,463 from the prior year.
- Aging stock underpins the risk, with about half of schools around 60 years old and 49% built before 1976, while 46% of sites sit in high seismic zones.
- Recent seismic interventions remain scarce, with approximately 4% of buildings undergoing adeguamento and 3.8% miglioramento.
- Compliance gaps persist, with about 59% lacking agibilità and 58% without fire-prevention certification, and asbestos still present in 2,292 schools affecting an estimated 356,900 students and 50,000 staff.