The school has two economic study curriculum: one based on administration, finance and control of SMEs and other based on international relationship for marketing.
VET opportunity includes two different professional skills: business promotion and advertising and social health care operator.
The school population is approximately of 850 students, twenty six of which are in the condition of disability, and almost ninety teachers.
The school is equipped with four computer labs, a science lab, two large gymnasiums and outdoor sports spaces, which allow a number of extra-curricular optional activities.
The bulk of students at I.I.S V. Emanuele (aged 14 to 20) come from a working-class environment, which has traditionally suffered from a lack in opportunity in southern Italy.
The institute operates in an area with a high socio-economic disadvantage and high risk of drop-out. The percentage of non- admitted to the next class is about 30%, while the percentage of drop-out, formalized or not, is 15%, and the school represents the only real opportunity for growth and practice of active citizenship.
In the last years “Vittorio Emanuele II” Institute, thanks to government/EU funds, is completely renewing its digital equipment (wireless connection, ultra broadband 100 Mb/s Internet connection, computers and IWB in each classroom, modern multimedia labs with mobile devices used in teaching/learning and assessement/validation activities, etc.).
Only a part of our teachers use virtual classrooms and interactive whiteboard in their daily teaching.
The rest of the staff goes on using traditional teaching methodology.
The Institute has been a teacher training center for “DIDATEC” a national program whose purpose is to spread the use of technology among teachers.