Education in Poland

• Education in Poland includes kindergarten, elementary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, post-secondary education, artistic and other educational institutions.

Kindergarten

• To attend preschool children have to be from 3 to 6 years old, and in special cases, from 2.5 years. Children of 5 years and 6 years old attend compulsory preschool education..

Elementary school

• A six-year school is divided into two three-year phases. At the first stage - in classes I-III for children aged (7-10 years) - Early education is implemented.

• In classes IV-VI training takes place in the framework of subjects taugh by teachers-specialists. One of the teachers serves as a tutor. Subjects taught at this stage are: Polish, English, German, history and society, mathematics, music, art, inofrmation technology, religion, physical education, design and technology, nature and education for family life.

• In class VI students are requiredt to take the test, which is the same for all students, to check their level of knowledge and skills.

Middle school

• The three-year lower secondary school or junior high school is a new type of school for young people aged 13-16 years. The students are taught ingeneral education and study the following subjects: Polish language and literature, English, German, physics, history , society, biology, chemistry, music, art, geography, maths, physical education, information technology, design and technology.

• Education in the middle school ends with an examination, which usually takes place in April and concerns the third grade students. The exam consists of three parts: the humanities, mathematics and natural sciences, and foreign languages.

Secondary schools

• Vocational schools last not less than two years and not more than three years and gives students vocational qualifications diploma after they have passed the exams.

• Secondary schools, which last 3 years and gives students school leaving certificates after they have passed the secondary school leaving examinations called „matura exam”

• Technical secondary schools, which last 4 years and give students vocational qualifications diploma and secondary schools laving certificates after they have passed the final school leaving exams (either vocational or general or both)

• Supplementary general schools for secondary school graduates last 2 years and give students certificates after they have passed the matura exam.

• Special schools which last 3 years and educate mentally handicapped students and students with other disabilities, which give them a certificate of adoption to work.

Universities

• We have post secondary education which means either colleges or univerisities. We can get there bachelor's degree and after it we can get Master's degree or Phds.

Our school grades system:

• The highest grade in our school is six , after that is 5 , four, three , two and the worst grade is one.

• The highest grade from behaviour is excellent, very good, good, proper, inappropriate, exceptionable.

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Kinga Fraś andWeronika Cichoń