The history of the Cima School is linked to the political events of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the years immediately preceding the unification of Italy. Until that time, the organization of education was reserved for religious bodies, particularly the Dominican and Jesuit orders. The first technical schools arose in the 1860/61 school year. Initially the school took the name, in the plural, of Government Technical Schools of Cagliari. With the birth of the Kingdom of Italy the same became Regia Scuola Tecnica Governativa, and in 1896/97 it was named after Antonio Cima from Cagliari (1812-1877), professor of Experimental Physics and Positive Philosophy, brother of the better known Gaetano. The Gentile reform marks the end of technical schools. Cima also adapted. This was a radical change, since after this last educational itinerary, it was no longer possible to continue studies in higher courses and universities. In the 1963/64 school year, with the establishment of the State Single Middle School, this Institute ceased to be an exclusively “popular” school. Documented evidence of this interesting historical excursus was found in the school building dating from the second half of the 1950s, which is still named after Antonio Cima.
