Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Polish Education System in the morning and in the evning ....some fun-Snow battle



Polish Education System has changed few years ago. But it is still improving. It's very similar to Czech Republic and Hungary Education System. I want to present just a little structure of it.

The Polish educational system consists of :
Kindergarten
pre-school “0” grade 6 years of age
elementary (primary) schools
Lower secondary school
secondary schools (high school/liceum or technical grammar schools and vocational schools)
higher education (universities and other institutions)
Primary Education
Primary school lasts 6 years from ages 7-12
the academic year consists of 2 semesters, 1 September until the end of January and from February until the last Friday in June.
Primary education is divided into Stage I (grades 1-3) and Stage II (grades 4-6)
Students undertake a standardised test at the end of grade 6
Students are awarded a certificate of completion having passed the exam which is required for admission to lower secondary schools
Compulsory full-time education

Klasa zerowa (pre-school “0” grade) 6 years of age
Szkoła podstawowa (6-year primary school) 7-13 years of age
Stage 1 – integrated teaching, 7-10 years of age
Stage 2 – teaching based on separate subjects, 10-13 years of age
Gimnazjum (3-year lower secondary school) 13-16 years of age
Stage 3 – teaching based on separate subjects
Assessment, progression and qualifications :
is similar to the compulsory education;
at the end of the course, all schools organize final examinations (matura).
The matura examination, entitling pupils for admission to higher education is made up of two parts:
external written (prepared and assessed by Regional
Examination Commissions) and internal or prepared and assessed by school teachers

Poland has two million students enrolled in over 400 higher education institutions. Since its foundation, Poland has served as the geographical and cultural crossroads of Eastern and Western Europe. 

Lower education-marks
1 (niedostateczny, insufficient)
2 (initially mierna, poor, later renamed dopuszczający, passing)
3 (dostateczny, sufficient)
4 (dobry, good)
5 (bardzo dobry, very good)
6 (celujący, excellent)

University-level education -marks
The university-level education uses a numeric system of grades from 2 to 5, with grades every 0.5.

2.0 - failing grade
3.0 - lowest passing grade
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0 - highest grade

There is no 2.5 grade. 5.5 or 6.0 is sometimes given as an "exceeds expectations" grade. "3-" is occasionally (but very rarely) given as a "barely passing" grade, but for all official purposes it is equivalent to 3.0

After brain storm at school we went outside and had some fun on the snow! There must be some environmental balance :)))))))







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