Istituto Tecnico Commerciale, per Geometri e P.A.C.L.E.

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Istituto Tecnico Commerciale, per Geometri e
P.A.C.L.E.Contardo Ferrini
The school was founded in 1950 as an Institute of
Commercial Accounting and Surveyors. After
following the traditional curriculum it has
adopted experimental curricula and it has
introduced two new courses called E.R.I.C.A. for
foreign language correspondents and MERCURIO for
accountants with a very good knowledge of
computer programming. Nowadays there are still
the above mentioned courses and a new one has
been introduced the Economic course.
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The Economic course is structured as an amount of
subjects which are common for every student,
thats to say they study both literary and
scientific topics necessary to their general
culture. Besides they have technical subjects
(such as Economics, Law, Business management,
Accounting management, Computer science, Planning
and control, Finance, Marketing, Communication
strategies) and optional ones, in modular
didactic.
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IFTS has been introduced, thats a cooperative
course of training and professional education
1200 hours in four six-months time of which 360
hours dedicated to stage, 300 hours to distance
education, the remaining ones to training
experiences. At the end of the course students
will get 60 benefits it means that they can
attend university without the examinations
connected to above mentioned benefits.
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Ferrini gives the opportunity to working people
to attend evening classes and specialise in
accounting. Since 1999 Ferrini has
incorporated a professional school specialising
in Tourism and advertising designer. After the
third year of school, teaching is integrated with
a professional training and with some periods of
stage during the school time.