EDUCATION IN CROATIA ATHENS NOVEMBER 7-11, 2016 by TRGOVAČKA ŠKOLA ZAGREB
IN GENERAL... • literacy rate - 99.27% • mandatory age children aged 6 to 15 • free education - state schools primary and secondary • private schools - more popular
IN THE PAST... • church - until 18th century • queen Maria Theresa - reform • 1974 reform
TODAY • preschool - 1 year age: 5 - 6 • primary school - 8 years age: 6 - 15 • secondary school - 3-4 years age: 14/15 - 18 • higher education - 3/5 years age: 18 - 21/23
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS • age 6/7 - 14 • duration - 8 years • foreign language from 1st grade
PRIMARY SCHOOLS • private and public primary schools
• alternative schools Waldorf
and Montessori
• music schools
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
• age: 15-18 • non-compulsory • types : - gymnasiums - vocational (technical, trade, industrial) 3 or 4 grades - art - music, dance, art
• public (free) and private • matura exam - since 2010 3 compulsory subjects: Croatian language Maths Foreign language
HIGHER EDUCATION
THE BOLOGNA PROCESS • Croatia joined in 2001 • ECTS points • system 3+2
Universities in Croatia • 9 universities in Croatia • first in Zadar - 1396 – 1807
Polytechnic schools • 11 - mostly in smaller towns • independent from universities • business, economy, IT, health, etc.
Entrance exams • secondary school grades • matura exam results
• specific entrance exam results
THE NEW REFORM • a proposition • primary school - 9 years • secondary school elective subjects