12, Education in the Czech Republic

12, Education in the Czech Republic

School attendance is compultory from the age of 6 to 15.
A school year starts on the 1st of September (university students start later) and finishes on the 30th June and is divided into 2 parts.
Pupils and students get schools reports, university students pass cradits and exams.

We have 3 types of school:
a) state schools (most children)
b) private schools
c) church schools

4 stages of education:
a) PRE-SCHOOL education – creches (up to 3 years)
– kindergarten (nursery schools – up to 6 years)

b) PRIMARY education – basic/elementary schools (up to 15 years)

c) SECONDARY education – takes usually 4 years and it´s finished with school-leaving exams
☺ grammar schools (gympl)
☺ special schools (business, art, agricultural…)
☺ technical schools
☺ apprentice schools (účnák)

d) UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES – take 5 or 6 years and they are finished with state exams
☺ university degrees: bachelor (after 3 years), master (after 5 years)
☺ for example: Charles university

Subject:
Czech and foreign languages, history, geography, biology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, physical education, civic education. (basic)
Economics, Accounting, management, international business, finance and banking, manager psychology, law, communication technology, statistics. (special)

Numers and Expression if Quantity

1, cardinal (základní) – 1,2,3…
2, ordinal (řadové) – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th….před ně píšeme THE
3, multiple – once, twice, 3 times…
– závisí na kategorii počitatelnosti – počitatelná (many, few, a few books) či nepočitatelná (much, little, a little water)
– u obou těchto kategorií můžeme požít a lot of nebo plenty of
STUPNOVÁNÍ: many/much – more – most
few – fewer – fewest
little – less – least