The objectives to be achieved through the project were related to the needs expressed in our PTOF. In particular: 1) To foster language skills, including Italian, English and other European Union languages; 2) Strengthening mathematical-logical and scientific skills; 3) Enhancing technical skills in the fields of tourist reception, construction, communications, administration/finance, IT and digitalisation, marketing; 4) Developing a sense of active citizenship and democratic participation; 5) Promoting responsible behaviour inspired by knowledge of and respect for legality, environmental sustainability, landscapes, heritage and cultural activities; 6) Developing students' digital skills responding to the needs of the present, with particular regard to computational thinking, to the critical and conscious use of social networks and media, to the use of new technologies in relation to correspondence/use in the world of work; 7) Preventing and combating school drop-out to guarantee equal dignity and opportunities.
The Archimede Technical Institute is a public high school in the town of Modica with its 53,000 inhabitants. It is one of the oldest schools in Sicily and, following the ministerial reform of 2015, has become a real centre of excellence for the entire province of Ragusa. The institute offers 6 specialisation courses: - Tourism, - Administration Finance and Marketing, - Business Systems - Graphics and Communication - Construction Environment and Territory - Computer Science and Telecommunications. The five-year curriculum is divided into two periods: in the first two years, the school offers general education (humanities and science subjects); in the last three years, teaching includes work-oriented subjects such as Economics, Law, IT, Graphics, etc. There are day and evening courses for working adult students. There are currently 830 pupils enrolled, the staff consists of 140 (1 S.D., 109 teachers, 30 ATAs). All the specialisation courses are part of the project '2022-2027 A new Archimedes principle: technology pushes the environment upwards', as the theme of environmental sustainability and the development of new technologies was chosen as a transversal topic.