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Education (egyukéjsön)=oktatás
cumpolsary
Good education is very important for a successful life. The school attendance is 10 years.
basic rules, behaviour PRIMARY

NURSERY SCHOOL = KINDERGARTEN > ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Kicsi ovi (bölcsi) nagyobb ovi általános iskola

We start our education at the nursery school and kindergarten. After that we attend an elementary school.

NURSERY SCHOOL/kindergarten ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

When we are 16 years old, we can choose to leave school or continue learning to a secondary school

SECONDARY BUSINESS SCHOOL TECHNICAL SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

Közgazdasági középsuli technikai középsuli mesterképző

There are many types of secondary schools

 secondary business school – közgazdasági középiskola – ekonomická stredná škola
 grammar(gremör) school/high school - gimnázium - it prepares you for the university/college
 technical school – technikai középsuli
 medical(mediköl) school – gyógyszerészeti
 vocational(vokéjsönel) school – munkásképző - it gives more practical knowledge

The subjects at these schools can be compulsory(kampulszöri=kötelező) or elective(elektiv=választható).

Vocational schools teach the students some practical knowledge too. Later they may become car
mechanincs, cooks, waiters, carpenters, plumbers....etc.

After(=miután) we finish these schools we get a certificate or we pass the MATURE EXAM(méjcsör
ixem=érettségi).
 SUBJECTS=tantárgyak
compulsory(kampulszöri) kötelező
elective(elektiv) választható
maths(metsz) matek
physics (fiziksz) fizika
chemistry (kemisztri) kémia
geography (dzsiogrefi) földrajz
biology (bájolodzsi) biológia
history (hisztori) történelem
foreign languages (forin lengvicsiz) idegen nyelvek
I.T.(ájtí) – Information Technologies informatika
religious studies (relidzsösz sztadíz) hittan
P.E. (pí-í) – Physical Education (fiziköl egyukéjsön) testnevelés
social sciences (szósöl sztadiz) polgári nevelés

UNIVERSITY =egyetem
COLLEGE =főiskola

After finishing the secondary school, the students can start working or continue learning at the university.

The university lasts for 5-6 years and it finishes with graduation, where the students get the diplomas and
their degree: an extra TITLE before your name
square shaped hats - they TOSS (hajítják, dobják) them up to the sky

gown = talár

GRADUATION

 Bachelor´s degree – Bc.

 Master´s degree – Mgr.
 Engineer´s degree – Ing.

The school year in Slovakia starts in September and finishes in June.

During the school year the students have some free days – HOLIDAYS: Eastern, Christmas.

At schools students have some extracurricular activities, where they don´t learn, but they play something.
E.g: different sport clubs, reading clubs, chess clubs….etc.

CURRICULUM = lesson plan

 Our classroom=

 a blackboard(blekbórd)=fatábla /whiteboard (vájtbórd)=fehértábla

 chalks(csolksz)=kréták / markers (markörsz)=filctollak
 a sponge (spondzs)=szivacs, törlő
 a teacher’s desk = tanári asztal
 a notice board (notiszbórd)=faliújság
 a waste basket (véjszt beszkit) = szemeteskosár
 projector=kivetítő

FEE=a given amount of money you pay for a

THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN SLOVAKIA: given service.
The general education in Slovakia is free of charge. In most private schools you have to pay fees.

Education in Slovakia has these stages:

 PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
 nursery schools and kindergartens. (children from 3-6 years old)
 PRIMARY/ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
• children start primary when they are 6 years old and finish when they are 15 years old
• subjects: mathematics, physics, Slovak language, a foreign language, geography, history and so on.

 SECONDARY SCHOOLS
• it takes from 3 to 4 years to complete secondary schools. To finish a secondary school, you must pass
the school leaving examination. – MATURE EXAM

TYPES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS:

a) grammar schools – they prepare students for the university study
b) special schools
 technical colleges
 business academie
 music and art schools
c) secondary vocational schools – the students, who learn here, may become
- plumbers
- builders
- carpenters
- car mechanics

 UNIVERSITIES PART-TIME=you learn mainly from home

sometimes you go there to do the exams.
• you must write an entrance exam to go to a university.
• you can choose to study part-time or full –time. FULL-TIME=you attend every class regularly.
• the university takes 3 to 6 years.
• after you finish, you get DIPLOMA and DEGREE
•Bachelor’s Degree = Bc./Master’s Degree = Mgr.
 The British School System

British children begin their studies at the age of 5 and must go to school until the they are 16.
In Britain there are state schools (which are free of charge) and public schools.
At the age of 16 students take General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exams
Most pupils continue to further education after 16, for another 2 years, and at the end of the
second year they complete their advanced examination (A-level) .

The American School System

There are both state and private schools in the USA.

Levels of the American public school system:

1. Elementary (kindergarten – 6th grade)
2. Middle School (6th grade - 8th grade)
3. High School (9th grade-12th grade)

In high schools there are compulsory(kampulszori=kötelező) and optional(opsönöl=választható)

subjects. The high school finishes with the Scholastic(szkolesztik) Achievement(ecsívment) Test
(SAT) = iskolai teljesítménymérő teszt

SCHOOL UNIFORMS

-At some schools students wear school uniforms. They represent

EQUALITY). There are no rich students or poor students, but everybody is the same.

egyenlőség
US UK
Private Schools Public Schools
Public Schools State Schools
-comprehensives: they accept SS of every
academic ability

Secondary Modern Grammar Schools

(more vocational) (more academic)
The SS at 11 write a test to see to which
type of school will they go to

Many schools (both STATE and PUBLIC) are CHURCH schools.

UNIFORMS

PREFECTS - IN UK schools all the SS can be chosen to be PREFECTS

-it sounds cool, but it takes a lot of responsibility: you take care about the order among
students, and you get cool badges if you´re doing your job right

HEAD-BOY/HEAD-GIRL
-they attend school Council meetings and give a SPEECH at the end of the school year

EXAMS
-huge part

NATIONAL EXAMS
Years GCSEs A levels
General Certificate of Secondary
Education
18
16
14

Revision=studying for exams

JUNIORS and Seniors

Years JUNIORS SENIORS Pre-Prep Prep SENIORS
18
16
14
13
11
7
4
SIXTH FORM - the last 2 years of School
Lower sixth/Upper sixth

UNIVERSITY - single subject to choose to study

BC - 3 years
The main problems of our education system:

We are still preparing our students to work in factories.

They can only follow instructions. We kill their creativity.

The students can´t work together. They are afraid of the

teachers.

Everybody is good at different things. But we still

differ our students by giving them grades.
Grades do not show the student´s TRUE SKILLS, TALENTS.
 Good example - Singapore Secondary School System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_pIK7ghGw4&ab_channel=Edutopia