SlovakiaCzech RepublicFinland Duration of compulsory education: 6 to 16 6 to 157 to 17 Structure of school system: Pre-school education Basic education.

Slovakia Czech Republic

Finland

Duration of compulsory education:

6 to 16

6 to 15 7 to 17

Structure of school system:

Pre-school education Pre-school education Pre-school education

Basic education( from 6 to 15)

Basic education (from 6 to 15)

Basic education( from 7 to 16)

Secondary education( 15 to 19 )

Secondary education

(15 to 19)

Secondary education

(16 to 19)

University education University education University education

Basic School – first stage (1- 4 form)

Basic School – second stage (5 – 9 form)8-year course

Upper Secondary education (4-5 yrs)

Post-secondary /higher

education

Secondary educationwith apprenticeshipcertificate (2-3yrs)

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Upper Secondary Generaleducation

4-year course

Bachelor's programmes

Master´s programmes

Doctoral programmes

15

- 61

9 -1

51

9+

Kindergarten – pre-school level

6-3

Czech Republic

Basic School – first stage (1-5 form)

Basic School – second stage (6-9 form)8-year course

6-year course

Secondary education with School-leaving exam general field other fields

Post-secondary education

Secondary educationwith apprenticeship

certificate

Secondaryeducation

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serv

ato

ires

Con

serv

ato

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4-year course

Bachelor's programmes

Master´s programmes

Doctoral programmes

15

- 61

9 -1

51

9+

Kindergarten – pre-primary level

6-3

Pre-school education (1 year)

Basic education (9 yrs)Upper stage (7-9 form)Lower stage (1-6 form)

Vocational education (3 yrs)Upper secondary schools

(3-4 yrs)

Polytechnics(4 yrs)

additional 10 th form

Universities (3-5 yrs)

Slovakia Czech Republic Finland

Základná škola Základní škola Peruskoulu

First stage 6 to 10 First stage 6 to 11 Lower stage 7-13

Second stage 10 to 15 Second stage 11 to 15 Upper stage 13-16

Voluntary one- year additional education (10th form)

Slovakia Czech Republic Finland

Upper Secondary General education 4 /8 yrs (gymnázium)

Upper Secondary General education

4/6/8 yrs (gymnázium)

General Upper Secondary education 3 - 4 yrs(lukio/gymnasium)

Upper Secondary education – 4 -5 yrs

Upper Secondary Technical education4 yrs

Upper Secondary Vocational education and training– 3-4 yrs (ammatillinen oppilaitos)

Secondary Vocational education – 2-3 yrs

Upper Secondary Vocational education 2-3 yrs

matriculation examination

matriculation examination

matriculation examination

Business Academy

Ružomberok

Masaryk Commercial

Academy Jičín

Finnish-Russian School

Helsinki

Type of the school

Secondary professional school

Secondary technical school

Upper secondary school - gymnasium

Students aged

15 - 19 15 - 19 15 -18

Provides specialized skills, specializes in economics, accounting, IT

specialized skills,specializes in economics, IT, accounting

general education

Education based on

compulsory and optional subjects( year classes )

compulsory and optional subjects( year classes )

compulsory and specialisation courses (min.72)

MaturitaSlovakia

Tests Oral examination

Compulsory 3 3

General part mother tongue mother tongue

foreign language foreign language

Specialized part

practical exam in specialized subjects (accounting, typing, IT)

Economics

Optional subjectsvoluntary

Mathematics

2nd foreign language

MaturitaCzech Republic

Tests Oral examination

Common part Compulsory -2

mother longue mother longue

foreign language or mathematics

foreign language

Elective subjects (no more than 3)

foreign language or mathematics

basics of civic and social sciences

Informatics

MaturitaCzech Republic

Tests Oral examination

Profile partCompulsory - 3

• Practical exam • Economics

• Optional subject

2nd foreign language

mathematics

accounting

Information technology

YlioppilastutkintoFinland

Tests

Compulsory 1

mother tongue

Compulsory optional subjects min 3

the other national language

foreign language

Mathematics

general studies

Tests are arranged each spring and autumn, and candidates may complete the examination either entirely in one examination period or in parts within a maximum of three different examination periods.

The schools which participated in the Comenius project have some similarities as well as differences

The greatest similarities are between Masaryk Commercial Academy (MCA) and Business Academy (BA) as both schools have the same specialisation – in accounting, economics and IT

Finnish-Russian school is a school providing students with a general education ( gymnasium)

The system of education in MCA and BA is based on compulsory and optional subjects in year classes during 4-year study

In Finland year classes have been abolished in all upper secondary schools, which now function without fixed forms and the composition of teaching groups depends on the students' choice of courses

Matriculation examinations in both MCA and BA have two parts – written and oral. Written part takes place in March and oral one in May – June

In Finland students take just written exams – tests and they are paid Differences in assessment –in Slovakia and the Czech Republic pupils

are assessed by teachers on a scale 1-5 while in Finland on a scale 1-10