Education system in the Czech republic

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Education system in the Czech republic
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Pre - school education Kindergarten

• In our country there are Kindergartens (nursery
  schools) for children from the age of 3 to 6
  years.
• This pre-school education is not compulsory

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Primary school(primary level)

• From the age of 6 to 15 (or 16) children attend
  primary schools. There are 2 degrees there. The
  first degree is from the first to the fifth class
  
• During these five years children are being
  teached mainly how to read, write and do
  arithmetics
• After these five years, more talented children
  can go to (8-year) grammar schools
• After each 5 months the pupils are given reports
  with their marks (1-5) from all the subjects and
  also for their behaviour

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Primary school(Lower secondary level)

• lower secondary level is from the 6th to the 9th
  degree
• Subjects
• -Czech language and literature,
• -foreign languages,
• -Maths,
• -Chemistry,
• -Biology,
• -Physics,
• -History,
• -Geography,
• -Civics,
• -P. E.,
• -Music and Art.
• most pupils in primary and secondary education
  attend public-sector schools

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Secondary education
Prepare students for professions as well as for
college or university studies

• Grammar schools
• Secondary vocation schools
• Secondary apprentice training centers
• Conservatories

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Grammar school

• Grammar schools prepare students to enter a
  university for advanced academic study
• Some grammar schools provide general education,
  others have a specific focus
• humanities education
• modern languages (students are required to study
  at least three languages)
• mathematical-scientific education
• Grammar school takes 4 or 8 years and ends with
  leaving exams. Each candidate who passes his
  final exams receives a document that contains
  their grades and which formally enables them to
  go to a university

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Leaving exams (maturita)

• The exam consists of 4 subjects (Czech and one
  foreign language are compulsory, the other two
  subjects are chosen by students)
• If you pass youll get a Leaving certificate
• If you fail from one subject, you can still try
  in September
• If you fail in more than one subjects, you can
  try next year

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Secondary vocation school

• completed after three to four years of study by a
  report on a final exam and a vocational
  certificate stating professional capability(in
  the area of crafts)
• students usually dont continue in the classical
  education system and rather go to work in the
  selected branch
• (technical, business-related, medical,
  social, administrative, artistic and cultural
  fields in particular)

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An Apprentice training school(Technical school)

• offers apprenticeship subjects
• apprenticeship subjects prepare students for
  labour-oriented careers and are concluded with
  final exams
• provide mostly employment-preparation skills for
  trained labor, such as welding, culinary arts and
  office management.

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Post-secondary education (Tertiary education)

• is the non-compulsory educational level,
  following the completion of a secondary school
• it usually takes 2 years
• together with a certificate, students are awarded
  the title of certified specialist (the
  abbreviation DiS. is added after a name)

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University

• Is available to all applicants with completed
  secondary education who successfully pass the
  entrance exam
• The system of entrance exams is specified
  individually by each college, and serves for
  testing the knowledge and skills of applicants.
  

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Degree programs

• Bachelor's - Usually a three-year course of study
  
• (Students can either leave their studies after
  these three years or they can continue into the
  master's program, where they can achieve a
  narrower specialization)
• Master's 5 or 6-year program or 2-year
  programs following bachelor's studies
• The program finishes with students taking
  required state leaving exams and defending their
  diploma thesis
• Engineering - Relates to technical and economic
  fields
• After students pass these types of university
  study, some continue in their specialization
  through doctoral programs

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Formes of study at college

• attendance form
• distance form
• combine both forms of study

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