Transcript POLISH EDUCATION THREATS AND CHANGES

POLISH EDUCATION
THREATS AND CHANGES
THE NEW LIBERAL POLICY OF THE
GOVERNMENT
Cyprus June 2011
BASIC DOCUMENTS
• Polish Constitution Article 70
Everyone shall have the right to education. Education
to 18 years of age shall be compulsory. The manner
of fulfillment of schooling obligations shall be
specified by statute. 50 000 students do not obey
this rule.
• The Act of the System of Education 7.10.1991 with
the amendments (new reform)
It regulates the whole system of education and affects
the central and local authorities, teachers,
educational employees and employers and pupilsstudents.
BASIC DOCUMENTS
• The Teachers' Charter (under the great danger)
The Teacher’s Charter is the document that concerns
the teachers as educational employees and regulates
their rights and duties
• The Ministry of Education Documents (new
syllabus)
All educational matters are regulated by currently
issued regulations that define e.g. the organization of
a school year, the wages, the qualifications or the
system of the teachers’ promotion.
TERTIARY EDUCATION
POST- SECONDARY SCHOOL
GENERAL
SECONDARY SCHOOL
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRE- PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRE- SCHOOL EDUCATION
Kindergartens are not obligatory, parents can choose to send
the child to it. It is worth mentioning that only about 40%
of kids at the age of 3 go to kindergartens. According to
the dates presented by our Ministry of Education 53% of 4
year old kids go to kindergartens.
At present (2009-2012) there is a new reform in that level, so
the kids at the age of five have to start the obligatory preschool education (2011).
According to the new policy; the private persons, institutions
and foundations can organize the care of the kids. It is a
simply a trend of privatization this sector of education.
Statistics 2009/2010
Some data
• The total number of students: 5 361 500
• The total number of teachers: 418 000, plus 100
000 – 81% of teachers are women
2010/2011
the number of students in Primary education: 2,2
ml (decreasing), the average number of students
at schools –203 (2001) – 168 (2009)
The number of primary schools: 13,8 thousands
The privatization of the schools- it is so easy to
privatize the school (up to 70 students) or close it
down (1500 schools)
Lower Secondary schools
• There are less students and classes (20%)
• The number of schools is increasing as well as
the number of rooms and labs.
• From 2009 – there are 2 obligatory foreign
languages taught at this school level
• New reform!!! From 2012 – new external exam:
history, science, math and Polish and foreign
language.
Secondary Schools
• The total number of schools- 2400
• New syllabus- less teaching hours for Polish
language and history or other subjects like;
geography, biology, chemistry (30 hours)
• The students need to choose the profile of the
class and subjects which they would like to
learn at the advanced level (2-4) and one
additional subject.
• A new list of the obligatory literature
Tertiary education
Every fifth Pole has the diploma – 21%
The profile of the Polish teachers
97% with diploma
Teachers- salary
• Basic salary for a teachers that we calculate the
average salary: increase!!!
2011-2012 (gross)
2618,10 PLN (654,5€) – 2716,60 PLN (679,15 €)
• The average salary from the 1st September 2012
A trainee: 2717,60PLN (679,2 €)
A contract teacher: 3016,54 PLN (754,2 €)
A appointed teachers: 3913,34 PLN (978,4 €)
A diploma teacher: 5000,38 PLN (1250,1 €)
Basic salary – the whole truth
• The basic salary from the 1st September 2012
gross
A trainee: 2265 PLN (566,3 €)
A contract teacher: 2331 PLN (582,8 €)
A appointed teachers: 2647 PLN (661,8 €)
A diploma teacher: 3109 PLN (777,3 €)
Petrol – 1,35 € per liter/ oil – 1,25 € per liter
Square meter - min. 1000 €/ in the cities 2000 €
New regulations
• There is a plan to change the promotion carrier for
teachers – new levels
• Only 10% teachers at school could have the diploma
level
• A new system of employment- contracts
• A new pension system
• 1 or 2 extra free teaching hours
• 12% of teachers have had the professional
development (courses, studies, but 40% would like
to take this way of development)
Some advantages
• The autonomy of schools – the programs, course
books
• Obligatory pre-school education (5 year old
children) from 2010
• From 2009 – the obligatory foreign language at
primary school
• From 2010 – the obligatory math external exam
Some conclusions
• The transformation of the supervisory
system- new offices like national, regional
quality centers – new bureaucratization, more
money
• The liquidation of special schools for SEN kidsintegral teaching
• Principals and deputy headmasters do not
need to be teachers
• A new system of the gathering information of
kids
Thank you for your attention
We cannot allow to decrease the
quality of public education
We say no for a cheap student, a
cheap teacher but an expensive
clerk!