CZECH EDUCATION SYSTEM

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Basic School – primary level

Basic School – lower-secondary level8-year course

6-year course

Secondary (upper secondary )education – leaving exam general (gymnázium) technical + vocational school

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Doctoral programmes

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Secondary education – leaving exam

2-year course

Pre- and primary education

• Pre-primary education• target age group: 3 to 6• attendance is not compulsory• Primary education• school attendance compulsory for 9 years (pupils aged 6 to

15)

• basic school – divided into two stages (first stage: age 6 to 10, second stage: age 11 to 15)

• second stage can be realized at a lower stage of gymnázium („grammar school“, „lycée“) (11/13 to 15) – at the end of the 5th or 7th year pupils can leave the basic school and attend the eight/six-year gymnázium

Upper secondary and post-secondary education

Types of schools:

general upper secondary (gymnázium) (age 15 to 19)

technical upper secondary (SOŠ) (age 15 to 18/19)

vocational upper secondary (SOU) (age 15 to 17/18/19)

post-secondary (SOŠ+SOU) (age 19 to 21)

it is possible to be accepted at the post-secondary course

(nástavbové studium) after completing 3-year study at a

vocational upper secondary school

• maturitní zkouška, in 4-year courses and in a nástavbové studium, the school leavers are awarded vysvědčení o maturitní zkoušce

• závěrečná zkouška in 2/3-year courses, the school leavers are awarded vysvědčení o závěrečné zkoušce

• závěrečná zkouška in vocational schools (2/3-year courses, where a part of the examination is practical; the leavers are awarded a výuční list.

Tertiary education

Tertiary education

• Vyšší odborná škola (tertiary professional school) (19 to 21/22)

• Vysoká škola (higher education institution) (19 to 22/26)

• tertiary professional schools provide students with advanced technical knowledge

• curriculum is prepared by the school and accredited by the MEYS