Overview

• The first written test kicked off June 18 with a six-hour Italian composition exam for 524,415 candidates in 27,698 classes across Italy.
• Students chose from seven ministry-set prompts spanning text analysis, argumentative essays and current themes, featuring works by Pasolini, D’Annunzio and Lampedusa alongside topics like artificial intelligence and gender violence.
• Examination commissions total 13,900 and oversee a scoring system that allocates up to 60 points for the two written tests and oral exam and up to 40 points for school credits earned over three years.
• Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara announced the exam will officially revert to the name “Maturità” next year and that oral content will be reshaped to assess students’ broader competencies.
• Following messages of support from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, students will sit a second, discipline-specific written test on June 19 before moving to oral examinations beginning June 23.