School 4.0: innovative schools, wiring, new classrooms and workshops (Mission 4 – Component 1 - Investment 3.2)Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan provides for updating school facilities into adaptable, flexible and digital learning environments, with technologically advanced workshops and a work-based learning process. This measure accelerates the digital transition of the Italian school system with four initiatives:- Transformation of around 100 000 traditional classes into connected learning environments, with the introduction of related educational devices- Creation of workshops for digital professions in the second cycle- Digitalization of school administrations - Interior wiring cabling of approximately 40 000 school buildings and related devices.The investment is financed by Italy’s Recovery and Resilience plan by EUR 2.1 billion.As part of this investment, the project involves the transformation of traditional classrooms into innovative and multifunctional learning environments through the adoption of a hybrid model. The initiative aims to enhance the quality of school spaces, integrating flexible furnishings and advanced digital equipment to support new methods of teaching, learning, and assessment. Classrooms will be reorganized to create dedicated areas for artistic, humanistic, technical, and scientific subjects, fostering creativity and engagement. ReferenceM4C1Project locations Italy
