Education in Poland

by Emilia Wallheim

Education in Poland

How long?

• 10 years of compulsory education

• Age 6 to 16

School year

• max 38 weeks

• from 1 September till June

• classes 5 days a week

• 8 weeks of summer holiday,

• 2 weeks of winter holiday

• Christmas (about 2 weeks) and Easter break (usually 6 days)

Grades 1-3• max 26 students

• one teacher (integrated teaching)

• desescriptive assasement (no grades)

• national examination

One teacher – „one book”

No grades

Clasroom games

Grades 4 -6

• blocks of subjects

• two foreign languages

• separate PE for boys and girls

• more than one teacher

• grades

• national examination

Gimnazjum (Lower Secondary School)

• separate subjects

• separate PE for boys and girls

• two foreign languages

• health education

• two foreign languages

• national examination

Grades (Oceny)

• 6 celujący

• 5 bardzo dobry

• 4 dobry

• 3 dostateczny

• 2 dopuszczający

• 1 niedostateczny

But… in reality• 6 • 5+

• 5• 5-• 4+• 4• 4-

• 3+• 3• 3-• 2+• 2• 2-• 2=• 1• 1!

Testes

Lotery

Graduation

Egzamin Gimnazjalny(Lower Secondary School Exam)