| The school is understood as an organizational unit established on the basis of the founding act or entry in the register by a government administration body, a local government unit, a legal person or a natural person under the provisions of the Education Law. The school provides education of a certain type and at a certain level, has a statute issued by the body or person running the school, specifying, among others, its name, type, governing body and internal organization. Schools and pre-school facilities (including kindergartens) may be public and non-public. Primary school – an 8-year school (since 1 September 2017) where, in the last year of education, a compulsory eighth-grade examination is carried out to check the student’s or student’s knowledge and skills as set out in the general education curriculum. The organisational structure of primary school comprises grades 1-8 in which education is compulsory. Until the 2016/2017 school year, the primary school was a 6-year school. Primary schools also include special schools, branch schools and general art schools without professional qualifications, implementing the primary school program at the same time. A special school an educational institution for pupils/students with a statement of special educational needs. Special education is conducted in special schools or in mainstream schools in which special, integration, mainstream sections are established, as well as in special education and care centres, other educational establishments, healthcare institutions (including health resorts) or in the form of individualised instruction. Primary school for adults is an educational institution in which a separate organization of education is used and to which people aged 18 are admitted, as well as those turning 18 in the calendar year in which they start their education. A person may be admitted to primary school for adults who, at the latest on the day of commencement of didactic and educational classes, has reached the age of 16, and in the case of participants of Voluntary Labour Corps and inmates in prisons or prisons - 15 years, if this person has delays in the education cycle and does not promise completion of primary school for children and youth. The student is a person attending school. In the 2009/10-2013/14 school years, 6-year-old children could start their education in the 1st grade of primary school at the request of their parents. In the 2014/15 school year, compulsory schooling was imposed on 6-year-old children born in the first half of 2008, and in the 2015/16 school year, compulsory schooling was already imposed on all 6-year-old children. From the 2016/17 school year, compulsory schooling was imposed on 7-year-old children, while at the request of parents, 6-year-old children can start their education in the 1st grade of primary school. The reform of the education system, which began on September 1, 2017, introduced an 8-year primary school and ultimately abolished lower secondary school and introduced a 4-year general secondary school, a 5-year technical school, a 3-year industry first-cycle school, a 2-year industry second-cycle school. This reform had an impact on the scope of the data presented, including the number of schools and pupils at different levels of education. Data as of 30 September. |
