Italy’s Ministry of Education and Merit published new National Indications for Licei (upper-secondary general schools) in April 2026, based on Law 132 of 23 September 2025 and the EU AI Act. Artificial intelligence is introduced not as a standalone subject but as a cross-curricular (“asse trasversale”) axis across all liceo types, to take effect from the 2026/2027 school year once the consultation period with school communities and student representatives concludes and Minister Valditara formally adopts the programmes. The reform removes geostoria and expands STEM integration; AI is positioned as “an object of critical study” — students are expected to use AI consciously and to question it, recognise its limits, and understand algorithmic logic versus validated knowledge. This legislative mandate (Law 132/2025) provides the binding legal basis, making AI presence in the upper-secondary curriculum obligatory rather than advisory, subject to final ministerial adoption. An ethics component is explicitly built into the cross-curricular framing.
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