The Ministry of Education, University and Research (in it, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, italic=no or MIUR) is the ministry of the

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for the national education system, the Italian universities and research agencies. The current

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and the

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is Maria Cristina Messa.

History

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 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

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mode.

Structure

National level

*Department for ministerial planning and for ministerial management of the education budget, human resources and information *Department for education *Department for the universities, higher education establishments in art, music and dance, The three Departments carry out policies dictated by the Ministry and form the body which directs and programs educational policy.

Local level

Regional education "uffici", which are autonomous administrative centres, carrying out the instructions of the Departments, directly supporting individual schools, and articulating the policies on the ground.

Ministers

Since 2001

References

External links

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Official site of the Ministero della Pubblica IstruzioneMinistry's official forum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Education Government ministries of Italy

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