Identity area
Reference code
ASDMAE RCItCa-Scuole
Title
School Archive
Date(s)
- 1915 - 1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Special archive
Extent and medium
116 archival boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The organisation of schools emerging from the Cairo Consulate archive reflects:
- Law of 18 December 1910 no. 867 (“Reorganisation of Italian schools abroad”) and the subsequent regulations approved by Royal Decree of 20 June 1912 no. 1005 and later amendments;
- and Law of 15 July 1923 no. 1659 (“Reorganisation of secondary schools abroad”).
The rules provide for the establishment and maintenance by the State of government schools:
- infant schools and kindergartens;
- primary schools;
- secondary schools and, where applicable, higher courses.
The laws also provide that colonial and private schools may receive government subsidies provided they accept government inspections.
For details of the period’s legislation see: Giorgio Floriani, Cento anni di scuole italiane all'estero, Rome, 1974.