Collegio Vescovile Pio X International

The school offers a four-year program split into two biennial curricula: the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP). At the end of each biennium, students sit external examinations in the subjects studied. The aim is to place the student at the center of the learning process. Teaching and learning methods are designed to allow the talents of every student to flourish by developing their learner profile, so students become Caring, Communicators, Knowledgeable, Inquirers, Open-minded, Reflective, Thinkers, Balanced, Risk-takers, and Principled. At the end of the four years, students obtain the prestigious IB Diploma, which enables access to top universities worldwide and in Italy; the equipollence recognized by the Ministry of Education guarantees the validity of the State Diploma in Linguistic, Scientific, or Humanities fields. All subjects, with the exception of Italian, Religion, and Foreign Language, are taught in English by IB-certified teachers; the Creativity, Activity and Service, Theory of Knowledge, and the Extended Essay make the IB Diploma a unique and complete educational experience. The student is placed at the center of a learning process where teaching and learning methods are structured to guarantee the development of the student's talents and person. Through the Learner Profile principles, these develop high-level skills characteristic of a life-long learner, the citizen of today who never stops learning. Cambridge Assessment International Education is referenced as part of the program.