The Ministry of Education and Merit (in Italian : Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito or MIM ) is the ministry of the Italian government for the national education system, the Italian universities and research agencies. The current Italian Minister of Public Education is Giuseppe Valditara and the Italian Minister of University and Research is Anna Maria Bernini .
6-551: In 1988, the Ministry of University and Research was split off from the Ministry of Public Education . In the first Prodi cabinet the two were merged back into the Ministry of Education, University and Scientific and Technological Research , then as the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) in the second and third Berlusconi cabinets. The two were re-separated in the second Prodi cabinet of 17 May 2006, but then re-merged in
12-579: The Ministry of Universities and Research to create the Ministry of Education, University and Research . The two ministries were re-instated in January 2020. Set up in 1861 under the Cavour cabinet, it was suppressed on 12 September 1929 by Benito Mussolini 's cabinet, and replaced by the Ministero dell'Educazione Nazionale ( Ministry of National Education ). This name persisted until 29 May 1944 (i.e. until under
18-418: The education ministry's responsibilities. In the first Romano Prodi cabinet the two were merged into the Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, Università, Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica , then the Ministero dell'istruzione, dell'università e della ricerca (MIUR) in the second and third Silvio Berlusconi cabinets. The two were re-separated in the second Prodi cabinet of 17 May 2006, but then re-merged in
24-484: The fourth Berlusconi cabinet of 7 May 2008. In 2019, the ministry drafted a policy combining evaluation of grants to research institutions with a requirement to publish research outputs in open access mode. The three Departments carry out policies dictated by the Ministry and form the body which directs and programs educational policy. Regional education "uffici", which are autonomous administrative centres, carrying out
30-531: The instructions of the Departments, directly supporting individual schools, and articulating the policies on the ground. Ministry of Public Education (Italy) The Ministry of Education and Merit ( Italian : Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito , or MIM ) is the government body of Italy devoted to the administration of the national education system. It was active in three separate periods (1861–1929; 1944–2001; 2006–2008), before being merged with
36-543: The second cabinet of Pietro Badoglio ), and the second Ivanoe Bonomi cabinet had it revert to its original name ( della Pubblica Istruzione ). It remained unchanged until 14 December 1974, when Giovanni Spadolini (then head of government) created the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali , which took over responsibilities and functions from this and other ministries. In 1988, the Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica also subsumed some of
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