Transcript The system of education

The system of education
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School attendance
Compulsory
Vocational school
Apprentice school
Boarding school
School board
- školní docházka
- povinný
- odborná škola
- učňovská škola
- internátní škola
- školní rada
School system in the Czech
Republic
• School attendance: compulsory (6-15)
• State schools
• Private and church schools
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Pre-school education
• Creches (1-3 years)
• Kindergarten (3-6
years)
• not compulsory
Primary education
• From the age of 6
to 15
• 2 stages
– from the first to the
fifth class
– from the sixth to the
ninth class
Secondary education
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Grammar schools
Vocational schools
Apprentice schools
School-leaving examination
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Tertiary education
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Universities
Charles university
Bc. (Bachelor)
Mgr. (Master)
Ing. (Engineer)
Doctoral degree
Education in Britain
• School attendance:
compulsory (5-16)
• State schools (90%)
• Independent (public)
schools are private
• Boarding schools (most
public, single sex)
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Pre-school education
• Nursery schools (state schools)
• Play groups (organized by parents)
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Primary education
• Primary schools – infant schools (5-7)
junior schools ( 7-11)
• First schools followed by middle schools
(4% of pupils)
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Secondary education
• 11 – 16
• Comprehensive schools (academic and
practical education) – 90% of students
• Grammar schools (academic education)
• Secondary modern schools ( general
education)
• General Certificate of Secondary
Education (GCSE)
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Further education
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Top two classes – almost 65% of students
Six-form colleges
Tertiary colleges – vocational courses
A-level exam (entrance to university or
college)
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Higher education
• Universities ( 30% of students)
• Colleges of technology, art, medicine…
• Three groups: Oxford and Cambridge
Redbrick universities
Modern universities
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Education in the USA
• Not a national system
• School are controlled by school board
• Public school, private school
System of education
• Pre-school - nursery school
• Elementary - 8 grades
• Secondary - high schools
- school-leaving examination
High School Diploma
System of education
• Higher education
-students chosen on the basis of results,
recommendation, interview, scores on
Scholastic Aptitude Test, American College
Testing program
-universities - state and private
- Harvard, Yale, Princeton
Marks
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A ( excellent)
B (superior, above average)
C (satisfactory)
D (passing grade)
E/F (completely unsatisfactory)