The bureaucratic machine of public education is running out of time to guarantee the stability of teaching positions before the start of lessons. The Ministry of Education and Merit (Mim) has formalized the request for authorization from the Ministry of Economy and Finance to start hiring 44,642 teachers on the positions left vacant after the territorial mobility procedures.
The provision, which awaits the definitive green light from the Council of Ministers, aims to structure the staff for the 2026-2027 school year by entering the winners of the Pnrr 3 competition announced in 2025 into the system and drawing on the new regional lists of suitable candidates. The entire procedure will move to online platforms with strict deadlines. Aspiring teachers must express their acceptance of the appointment online within 5 days of being assigned the seat, under penalty of immediate forfeiture and inaction being considered as a formal renunciation of the place occupied in the ranking.
The three time windows for assigning roles
The ministerial timetable has been divided into three distinct operational blocks to ensure an orderly progression of flow flows. The first phase will end by July 30th and will manage the scrolling of the ordinary rankings and the assignment of seats to teachers with permanent contracts, including competition winners without qualifications who will begin the stabilization process.
The second phase, from 31 July to 13 August, will focus entirely on support professorships, drawing from those enrolled in the first band of the provincial rankings for substitute teachers (Gps). The third phase will close the games by August 21st through the inter-provincial “quick mini call”, scheduled between August 14th and 18th, useful for relocating teachers specialized in support in the provinces left with unfilled positions.
The structural issue of precarious employment and the warning from the Court of Auditors
Although in the last year the coverage of common professorships had reached 97.3%, the abuse of fixed-term contracts remains the weak link in the national school system. The trade unions estimate the presence of around 250 thousand substitutes overall, while ministerial data reduce the gap to between 100 thousand and 150 thousand units, linking the majority of substitutes to exemptions on support.
The Court of Auditors expressed its harsh opinion on the issue in its judgment of equalization on the State’s financial statements, highlighting how the reiteration of annual substitutions demonstrates a structural dependence on fixed-term work to cover ordinary staffing plans, generating negative repercussions on the teaching continuity of students and the professional stability of teachers.
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