Efter at der allerede i året 1840 i kongeriget Sardiniens underskoler var blevet indført reg­ ning, geografi og historie som erstatning for latin, foreskrev en lov af 1848 femårs kurser ved nogle nationale kollegier omfattende praktisk undervisning i de fag, der ikke undervis­tes i ved universiteterne.
In the Kingdom of Sardinia by 1840 Latin had been replaced in the secondary schools by arithmetic, geography and history, and following a law in 1848. five-year courses for practicial instruction subjects which were not taught at the universi- ties were arranged in some national colleges.