the czech republic educational system
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STRUCTURE OFSTRUCTURE OF THE THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
in the Czech Republicin the Czech Republic
Compulsory EducationCompulsory Education
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What is the age range for compulsory schooling in
the Czech Republic?
From 6 – 15 years of age.
Responsibility for EducationResponsibility for Education
The responsibility for education is distributed amongst:
1. The central government2. Each region (14)3. municipalities
Public education fundingPublic education funding
The funding of schools:Capital costs and running
costs:• funded by the organising
bodies (regions and municipalities from regional/local budgets).
Educational costs (salaries and teaching aids):
• allocated from the state (central) budget by the MEYS via the regional administration.
MEYS Salaries
Regional authorities Local authorities
Capital costs Running costs
Schools
The Ministry of Education, The Ministry of Education, Youths and SportsYouths and Sports
is responsible for the curriculum, state and development of the education system;
determines the content of education: approves frameworks for educational programmes; accredits educational programmes;
is responsible for the state financing policy in education.
Responsibility of municipalities Responsibility of municipalities for educationfor education
Pre-primary education – nursery schools (not compulsory)
Primary education – basic schools (compulsory)
Private Private (church) (church) educationeducation
Private and denominational (church) schools
Private schools – established since 1990 (universities – 1999).
The schools – usual legal form – a for profit or non-profit grant organisation.
Pre-primary educationPre-primary education
mateřská škola (nursery school);attendance is compulsory in a pre-school
year; a new law September 2017the year prior to compulsory schooling is free
of chargeparents pay a maximum of 50 % of the
running (not educational) costs covered by the municipality.
Compulsory educationCompulsory education
school attendance is compulsory for nine years, usually from the ages of 6 to 15;
pupils start in a comprehensive single structured institution called základní škola;
during the second stage it is possible to proceed to gymnázium – secondary school providing general education
Compulsory educationCompulsory education
Education (institution) Typical age
Základní škola (single structure)
– primary education – lower secondary education
first stage: 6-11second stage: 11-15
Lower stage of multi-year Gymnázium (general lower secondary education)
11/13-15
Basic School – primary level
Basic School – lower-secondary level8-years course
6-years course
Secondary education with School-leaving exam general fields other fields
Tertiary ProfessionalSchool
Secondary educationwith apprenticeship
certificate
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4-years course
Bachelor's programmes
Master´s programmes
Higher EducationInstitution
Kindergarten – pre-primary level
Doctoral programmes
3-5
age
6-1415-19
20+
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Compulsory education – extra Compulsory education – extra infoinfo
the school year begins on 1st September and ends on 30th June;
lessons of 45 minutes are spread over five days during the week;
the timetable is 18-26 lessons at the first stage, 28-32 lessons at the second stage (gradually);
the number of pupils per class is between a minimum of 17 and maximum of 30 .
How to start?How to start?
How to start a kindergarten - Age, application, if not enough places emloyed mothers have a priority, up to 28 children in a group
How to start a primary school – application in April, possible a year later, up to 30 children in a class
How to start a secondary school – entrance tests organised by the Ministry of education, equality
Secondary schoolsSecondary schools
All upper secondary schools organize A-level - examination – state exam Czech language, maths/English
School organizes – 2 subjects
School - Vocational certificate
SituationSituation
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TeacherTeacher
Who can become a teacher in the
Czech Republic?
Teachers of theoretical subjects must obtain a university
qualification at Master’s level. Different types of lower
vocational qualifications (from non-tertiary education) are
sufficient for vocational teachers and teachers of apprentice
courses.
School evaluation – Czech School School evaluation – Czech School InspectorateInspectorate
institution of state administration concerned with monitoring activities in pre-primary, basic, secondary and tertiary education, both public and non-public;
provides information on the state of the education system in the Czech Republic and aims to influence it by independent, objective and professional feed-back;
evaluates educational conditions, processes and results of school and school services.
Education system of the Czech Education system of the Czech RRepublicepublic
Legislation: pedagogical staff a pedagogical employee
IS NOT a civil servantduties and rights of pedagogical staffrequested achieved educationstate contributions to the education of
pedagogical staffSpecial need education law
HeadteachersHeadteachers
School heads are appointed by the school founder (municipality, region or the Ministry) on the basis of a competitive recruitment process.
The school heads have full responsibilityquality and efficiency of the educational processadjustment of educational programschoice of textbooksfinancial management of the schoolappointing and dismissing teachersrelations with the community and the public.
Thank you!Thank you!