I have presented these slides during the EUI workshop on Economic and Business History (Fiesole, 4th June 2013). The topic concerns a brief history of italian vocational education between 1861 and 1914 and the first quantitative outcomes. Critical appraisal are welcomed.

1. EUI Workshop – Florence, 4° June
2013

2.  1878: Cairoli circular. State gave to industrial
and artistic industrial school 2/5 of the their
whole outlay
 1886 – 1893: three bills about vocational
schools did not become law because of
unstable governments

3. 1907 Cocco Ortu Act.
The Act established five kinds of vocational
schools. It embededded them in the Italian
scholastic system; moreover, it increased the
centralization.

4. 0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
90000 1868
1870
1872
1874
1876
1878
1880
1882
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
Number of Vocational students, 1868 – 1914
Vocational students

5. 0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
1863
1865
1867
1869
1871
1873
1875
1877
1879
1881
1883
1885
1887
1889
1891
1893
1895
1897
1899
1901
1903
1905
1907
1909
1911
1913
Proportion between Technical students (technical +
vocational students) and Generalist student (classical
students)
T/G

6. Benchmark year
T/G from Bertocchi
spagat Global T/G
1880 0,76 1,07
1891 0,9 1,07
1911 1,27 2,91

7. 0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
1874
1876
1878
1880
1882
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
Percentage of vocational students on secondary ones
Ratio vocational students on secondary
ones

8. 0.00%
20.00%
40.00%
60.00%
80.00%
100.00%
120.00%
1874
1876
1878
1880
1882
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
Percentage of vocational students on technical ones
% al professionale su alunni tecniche

9. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
1863
1866
1869
1872
1875
1878
1881
1884
1887
1890
1893
1896
1899
1902
1905
1908
1911
1914
Not subdized schools students
Subdized schools students