The Instruction School has the task of providing the training, basic and continuing instruction and refresher courses to staff working in the DIS, the AISE and the AISI.

The Instruction School maintains relations with other Schools of Administration, universities, research institutions, and its counterparts in other coutries.

On a yearly basis, the Director General of the DIS, the Directors of the AISE and the AISI, and the Director of the Instruction School define the instruction programmes in relation to developments in the international scenario and to strategic requirements, with the contribution of representatives from other State administrations and qualified experts from university centres of excellence.

The Instruction School sees also to the promotion of the culture of security.