Presentation about Education used for Graduation Exam. Published on http://english.sitina.net

1. Education
(Vzdělávání)

2. Education
 Pre-school education
 Compulsory education
 Secondary education
 Final examination
 Higher education
 Czech and British universities
 Problems in schools

3. Education system in the Czech
Republic
Education includes these stages:
• Pre - schools
• Primary schools
• Secondary schools
• Universities

4. Pre – school education
Nursery schools and kindergartens
For children aged three to six.
Children mostly play there and form their basic
social and hygienic habits.

5. Primary education
For children aged six to fifteen
Elementary school, primary school, basic school
Two stages:
– 1st
– 5th
grade (for 6 - 11 years old) – one teacher
– 6th
– 9th
grade (for 12 - 15 years old) – more teachers
Students do not wear uniforms.

6. Primary education
The school year is divided into two terms.
The first term starts on the 1st of September and
finishes on the 31st of January.
The second term starts on the 1st of February and ends
on the 30th of June.
At the end of school year pupils get their school
report with marks from 1 to 5.
Summer holidays are in June and August.

7. Secondary education
Grammar schools (Gymnazium) prepares students
for university studies
Technical schools are specialised in building,
chemistry, business, autorepairing…
Pedagogical schools
Music and art schools

8. Secondary education
Secondary education lasts four years.
It finishes with a school-leaving examination,
which we call maturita.
The exam is held in May.

9. Secondary vocational schools
• train apprentices − future bakers, cooks,
bricklayers, hairdressers, auto mechanics etc.
for practical professions
• the training usually lasts three years
• at the end of training the apprentices get the
certificate of apprenticeship (výuční list).

10. Higher education
Higher education takes place at universities.
Students have to pass an entrance exam.
Students have to choose a field of study.
University studies last from 3 to 5 years.

11. Higher education
After 3 years students reach their
bachelor’s degree.
Then they can continue studying to reach master’s
degree or doctorate.
The university studies are finished with
a state exam and graduation ceremony.

12. The most famous Czech universities
Charles University (Prague, founded 1348)
Masaryk University (Brno)
Palacký University (Olomouc)
CVUT (Prague)

13. The most famous British
and US universities
Great Britain:Great Britain:
Oxford and Cambridge Universities - the oldest
universities in the English-speaking world
USAUSA::
Harvard university (Massachusetts)
Yale university (Connecticut)
Princeton (New Jersey)

14. Problems at schoolsProblems at schools
Bullying
Cheating
Playing truant (truancy - záškoláctví)
Drug abuse
Lack of motivation