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- 1. Photo: from the Internet Finland, 2015 IN CR TIA EDUCATIONAL Inspiring studies and future career
- 2. Photo: from the Internet • pre-school education • primary education • secondary education • higher education and • adult education THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
- 3. Photo: from the Internet PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION It usually lasts from age 1 to 6/7 and has three levels: • infant school • nursery school • from the age of six to seven– preschool It is realized through programs of education, health care, nutrition and social care for children from even six months of age until the start of primary education
- 4. Photo: from the Internet PRIMARY EDUCATION • It lasts for eight years and is free for all children aged six to fifteen • The new national Strategy for Education includes a plan for a nine-year long primary education • It is compulsory for all students including students with special needs
- 5. Photo: from the Internet sTUdEnt SUPPORT
- 6. Photo: from the Internet NUMBER OF STUDENTS • the maximum number of students in each class is 30 • the average number is 25 • the number can be reduced in classes that include students with special educational needs
- 7. Photo: from the Internet STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
- 8. Photo: from the Internet SCHOOL COUNSELLORS
- 9. Photo: from the Internet HOMEROOM TEACHER
- 10. Photo: from the Internet eDnevnik • The application has all the functionalities of paper-based class register with added value of reporting system that helps teachers in monitoring students • Students and parents have their own accounts
- 11. Photo: from the Internet CARNet Provides • Internet connection and electronic identities for all users from Croatian schools • online lessons at the National Portal for Distance Learning • e-Library • a room videoconferencing system • online content which can help teachers in their work and professional development…
- 12. Photo: from the Internet REMEDIAL CLASSES • Some students must take classes to build up math, reading or foreign language skills • The purpose of remedial education is to bring struggling students up to speed • Students have those classes once a week during the school year • They are not compulsory
- 13. Photo: from the Internet • Educational institutions are responsible for discovering talented and gifted students and ensuring their capabilities • There are additional classes organized for them with constant monitoring and evaluation of their achievements
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- 16. Photo: from the Internet CHILD PROTECTION CENTER - ZAGREB is a health institution • providing help and support to children with various traumatic experiences, which include neglected and abused children, children at risk of abuse and their families
- 17. Photo: from the Internet ADDITIONAL HELP Collaboration with: • Social welfare services • Voluntary organizations for family and child protection • School doctor who makes periodic medical examinations of all school children and advises parents and students • The special units of police department that implements in schools its preventive programs against violent behavior and use of drug and/or alcohol
- 18. Photo: from the Internet SOME THINGS WE CERTAINLY NEED TO IMPROVE Public transportation – Public transportation for students isn’t free everywhere in Croatia. There is a difference in subventions between municipalities. Meals in schools – Schools offer free meals only for students of low-income parents Career fairs -need to organize a large number of them
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- 20. Photo: from the Internet - 4-year general-education schools (grammar schools, art schools) - 4-year vocational schools (technical and other professional schools) - 3-year vocational schools: schools for apprenticeship with dual program - schools for low-qualification occupation
- 21. Photo: from the Internet HIGHER EDUCATION Higher education is performed through Universities and professional studies – University studies qualify students for jobs in science, higher education, business, public sector and society in general – Professional studies offer students an appropriate level of knowledge and skills to enable them to perform professional occupations and train them for direct entry to the labor market
- 22. Photo: from the Internet ADULT EDUCATION
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- 24. Photo: from the Internet COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULAR REFORM is on its way The curricular reform will focus on: • developing basic competences for lifelong learning • increasing functional literacy levels of students • linking education to needs and interests of students • linking education to needs of society and the economy…
- 25. Photo: from the Internet FOR YOUR ATTENTION Mirela Puškarić, Mathematics and ICT teacher Croatian Erasmus+ Team
Editor's Notes
- Education in Croatia is based on several strategic principles: special attention to minorities and the respect for human rights decentralisation of the financing and management of schools and a need to involve both public and private resources in education
- The education system in the Republic of Croatia consists of pre-school education primary education secondary education higher education and education for adults.
- PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION Preschool usually lasts from age 1 to 6/7 and has three levels: infant school, nursery school, and from the age of five/six to seven-preschool, what is known as “little school”. It is realised through programmes of education, health care, nutrition and social care for children from even six months of age until the start of primary education (usually at 7)
- PRIMARY EDUCATION -It lasts for eight years and is free for all children aged six to fifteen. It is organised in two levels: class tuition (taught by one teacher who teaches all subjects – from 1st till 4th grade) and subject tuition (where different teachers teach different subjects) -The new national Strategy for Education includes a plan for a nine-year long primary education. -It is compulsory for all students including students with special needs.
- students SUPPORT
- NUMBER OF STUDENTS the maximum number of students in each class is 30 But the average number is 25 the number of students can be reduced in classes that include students with special educational needs Generally, the number of students in a class is reduced by two students when a student with special educational needs is included in the class.
- STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS The education for pupils with special needs is organized in primary schools with the use of individualized procedures in mainstream or special class departments The child’s psychophysical state is assessed in order to determine the most suitable program and form of schooling for the child with special needs, as well as the necessary support, methods and learning tools. pupils with extensive developmental difficulties are educated in special institutions
- SCHOOL COUNSELLORS School counsellors are pedagogues, psychologists, experts in the field of special education and rehabilitation like speach therapists or social pedagogues. Every school with 16 or more classes must have a pedagogue, a psychologist and librarian in full-time employment. In smaller schools relevant professionals are employed on a part-time basis.
- HOMEROOM TEACHER It's a teacher that has a certain class assigned to him/her and he/she looks after that class in terms of organizing special events, collecting fees for some activities that the class might be involved in. Homeroom teacher always meets with the class onc a week. Each class has its own HOMEROOM TEACHER. His/her duties are: -supervising students and their educational progress -advising students in case of poor grades and behavioral disorders -collaborating with other teachers -taking care of their health and social education -organising parent's meetings He/she is a kind of social teacher and makes sure that everything runs smoothly.
- e-Class Register Along with the existing functionalities of the paper-based class register, the application has the added value of a reporting system that helps the teachers in monitoring the students and preparing reports for sessions of the teacher's council. In a quick, simple and reliable way, homeroom teachers, teachers and principals are able to see various reports on grades and absences, and there is also the possibility of alarming the homeroom teacher about students with a large number of negative marks or absences. Students and parents have their own accounts and can constantly keep eye on students school progress.
- Carnet Carnet is Croatian Academic and research Network..offers to all schools secure Internet connection, electronic identities for all users from Croatian schools –teachers, students and school employees.. There are online lessons at the National Portal for Distance Learning, the e-Library, a room videoconferencing system that enables students to participate in remote lectures. There is also online content which can help teachers in their work and professional development One can access all these services on the basis of its electronic identity.
- REMEDIAL CLASSES Some students must take classes to build up math, reading or foreign languge skills -The purpose of remedial education is to bring struggling students up to speed. They help students who have problems with advanced concepts to understand the basics of a subject fully. Students can also use them to catch up on material after a long break from education. -Students have those classes once a week during the school year -Unfortunately, they are not compulsory
- GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS Educational institutions are responsible for discovering talented and gifted students and ensuring their capabilities There are additional classes organized for them with constant monitoring and evaluation of ftheir achievements
- CENTeRS FOR INFORMATION AND CAREER COUNSELLING there are eight centers for information and career counselling ( in seven cities in Croatia). Zagreb as a capital has two. they provide information on educational and employment opportunities in Croatia and abroad their counsellors provide assistance in defining professional goals and plans
- CAREER GUIDANCE is compulsory for children with developmental difficulties and health problems It is conducted by the Careers Advice Service at the Croatian Employment Office, together with primary schools, during the final year of primary education "Not in Education, Employment, or Training" The Youth Guarantee is a new approach to tackling youth unemployment which ensures that all young people under 25 – whether registered with employment services or not – get a good-quality, concrete offer within 4 months of them leaving formal education or becoming unemployed
- CHILD PROTECTION CENTRE - ZAGREB is a health institution The key purpose of the work of the Child Protection Centre is.. providing help and support to children with various traumatic experiences, which include neglected and abused children, children at risk of abuse and their families
- ADDITIONAL HELP Collaboration with: Social welfare services. Voluntary organizations for family and child protection. School doctor who makes periodic medical examinations of all school children and advises parents and students. The special units of police department which offer preventive programs against violent behavior and use of/or drug and alcohol. (It is known under the name „I can if I want”..police officers come to schools twice during the primary school – in 4th and 6.th grade- and organize students and parents meetings (separately). Students also go to the polce departments and have meetings with officers. They discus about the violent behavior whether child is a victim or a creator.)
- THINGS WE CERTAINLY NEED TO IMPROVE Public transportation Public transportation for students isn’t free everywhere in Croatia. There is a difference in subventions between municipalities. Meals in schools Schools offer free meals only for students of low-income parents Career fairs -need to organize a large number of them We hope that soon we’ll have -free public transportation and meals in every school
- SECONDARY EDUCATION -includes various types and forms of instruction, education, qualification and training Secondary school institutions include secondary schools and boarding schools for pupils. There are also boarding houses for those students who live far away from their schools.
- Secondary education takes place in: - 4-year general-education schools (grammar schools, art schools); 4-year vocational schools (technical and other professional schools); 3-year vocational schools: schools for apprenticeship with a single or dual program; schools for low-qualification occupations;
- HIGHER EDUCATION Higher education is performed through Uuniversityies and professional studies. -University studies qualify students for jobs in science, higher education, business, the public sector and society in general -Professional studies offer students an appropriate level of knowledge and skills to enable them to perform professional occupations, and train them for direct entry to the labor market. Professional studies include two levels: professional study and specialist professional graduate study.
- EDUCATION FOR ADULTS Covers all forms of education of persons over the age of 15, helping them to acquire qualifications required for the first occupation
- Here is the diagram of our school system that I’ve talked about.
- At the end I must POINT OUT that : COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULAR REFORM is on its way An expert group for implementing comprehensive curricular reform for early and pre-school, primary and secondary education has started their work. The curricular reform will focus on: developing basic competences for lifelong learning increasing functional literacy levels of students linking education to needs and interests of students linking education to needs of society and the economy
- THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION