The Institute of High Education "Piria" is situated in Rosarno, a large village in the province of Reggio Calabria. It is the only provider of education to young people of Rosarno and the surrounding towns for the age ranging from15 to 18/19.The Institute of High Education “ Piria " is made up of four types of schools:
1) The High Scientific School offers a scientific and humanistic cultural education. The school is a ECDL Center and a "Trinity Test Center" for the certification of language skills.
2)TheTechnical Institute of Administration, Finance and Marketing;
3)The 'Professional Institute for Services to Agriculture;
The Institute has a total of about 1.200 students and employs 140 members of teaching staff and non-teaching staff. Although or school is located in one of the sunniest area with crystal water seas and sandy beaches with a huge potential of touristic development, job is mainly made up of fixed-term jobs, part-time jobs and other various forms of precarious work. Erasmus+ Will open our students ' mind..and Will help them see other training and employment horizons. The school is a cutting –edge one and it has obtained numerous and important awards in chemistry, science, computer, mathematical and linguistic scope, which, in some cases, were delivered by the Ministers of the Republic. The institute of High Education "Piria" has the iso Quality Certification. It is also a training organization for external professionals, properly validated by the Calabria Region. The teachers integrated in this application have different skills: Degree in Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology, Foreign Languages English. Our principal Mariarosaria Russo has over 30 years experience in the educational field. She has many degrees and and specialized awards. The positive results of the "Russo method" on the overall framework of education and trainin supply are considered to be of a high level, according to the standards of the Educational Ministery so as to estabilsh the "Piria" as a school of national and international excellence.