School-to-work training abroad (FSL, formerly PCTO and "Alternanza Scuola Lavoro")

From the 2025/2026 school year, under Decree-Law no. 127 of 9 September 2025, School-to-Work Training (FSL) replaces the Pathways for Transversal Skills and Orientation (PCTO), previously known as School-Work Alternation (ASL).

These are compulsory programmes set by the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit (MIM), designed to help students acquire skills that are useful in the world of work.

In particular, the Ministry highlights the development of school-to-work training: enriching each student's personal background with knowledge, skills and attitudes that enable them to act appropriately in different situations, from the simplest to the most complex, and that can be readily transferred to different tasks and environments.

The Ministry (formerly MIUR) also specifies that the transnational mode, already provided for by Law 107/2015, is an effective way for students to boost their cultural and language development and gain a global view of society.

School-to-Work Training is aimed at students in the third, fourth and fifth years of upper secondary school, with a minimum number of hours depending on the type of school:

• At least 90 hours over the last three years for licei (academic high schools)
• At least 150 hours for technical institutes
• At least 210 hours for vocational institutes

FSL hours can be completed during school time or when lessons are suspended, for example in the summer.

For years Equipage Tour has organised ASL and PCTO programmes, now FSL, in Europe's leading countries, with simulated training-company activities through interactive workshops, seminars, talks and company visits in the chosen sector, led by experts who analyse the company in all its aspects.

For the business simulation abroad, the Ministry's guidelines call for a teaching method that naturally uses problem solving, learning by doing, cooperative learning and role playing, reproducing the working model of a real company and teaching management principles through action-oriented learning. Our programmes carry out one of the six phases of the pathway abroad, using the same method and enhancing the experience through language learning in an international context, in line with the programme's objectives. Classroom simulation is complemented by orientation seminars, company visits and meetings with industry experts and other professionals connected with the programme's theme, who share their expertise with the students.

For information and personalised quotes, email us at formazionelinguistica@equipagetour.com