The Czech Republic Educational system

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

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Bachelor's programmes

Master´s programmes

Higher EducationInstitution

Kindergarten – pre-primary level

Doctoral programmes

3-5

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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

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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.

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