PLIDA stands for PROGETTO LINGUA ITALIANA DANTE ALIGHIERI, it is a Government approved program of certification of Italian language proficiency developed by the Dante Alighieri Society - Rome.

The Dante Alighieri Society is one of three Italian institutions officially authorised to certify foreign students in the Italian language. La Dante has developed PLIDA (Progetto Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri), a program specifically designed for adults studying Italian as a second language. The Society has a wealth of experience, with over a century of teaching thousands of students around the world.

We are proud to announce that our Society, here in Sydney, has been authorised by La Dante in Rome to organise formal written and oral examinations for the official certification of students. We are the only Italian school in Australia qualified to undertake this task.

PLIDA examinations take place twice yearly in May and November, worldwide, at dates set by the Dante Alighieri - Rome. Examinations will be conducted at our premises, in Bathurst Street, Sydney.

A non-refundable fee is payable to sit the exam.

The PLIDA program closely follows the pattern of the Common European Framework for Languages (Quadro Comune Europeo) dividing learners into three broad categories:

A = Basic User
B = Independent User
C = Proficient User

These are further divided into six specific levels: