Polish education system from kindergarten to the third age university student

1. Polisheducation system from kindergarten to the third age university student Monika Kowalska- Wojtysiak Kolegium Nauczycielskie w Zgierzu Polska

2. Polish system Education • According to the Constitution, every citizen has the right and oblication to education. • Education in public schools is free. • Primary and secondary schools are obligatory for children from 6 to 18 years old- thats way in Poland there is no illiteracy.

3. Parents are responsible for taking the children learning in schools. • In Poland there are : • the Ministry of National Education (MEN) • the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Higher Education).

4. Polish system education • ThePolisheducation system iscomposed of thefollowinginstitutions: 1 Kindergarten – for childrenfrom 3 to 6 years 2 Schools: • primery - teachingthemlasts 6 years and dividedthemintotwothree-yearphases; • Class I-III Earlyeducationwithintegratededucation and conductingclasses by one teacher-educator; • Class IV-VI includeitems (Polish, modern foreign language, music, art, physicaleducation, mathematics, science, computer science, engineering, history and society, religionorethics-education for family life - fromclass V)

5. Polish system education • Secondary school • Post-secondary schools • In Poland, there are also special schools for children with mental retardation and other disabilities-for example, vision and hearing.

6. Polish system educationfor adult • After passing the examination, student can choose the direction of higher education. • Some courses of study lasts three years and leads to a bachelor's degree (eg early school education), other studies underway five years and graduate with a master's degree, such as psychology degree.

7. I work at the Teachers College in Zgierz. In this school teach the young people who want to become a teacher in the future. Students willing to participate in the workshop. They gain there practical skills needed to work with children.

8. After graduating college students receive a bachelor's degree and they must continue their studies at University. • When they submit exams they will receive a master's degree and they be able to work in different schools.

9. Thisis not theend to thestudy of theyouth. • In Poland thereis a provisionwhichrequiresteachers to continuousimprovement of professionalqualifications. • If a teacherwants to get a degreequalifiedteacher- hemust by 12 yearsdemonstratecontinualimprovement.

10. In Poland, you can take learning at any age-a person in late adulthood may be students of the University of the Third Age.

11. Zgierski University of the Third Age was established 2007. • The success of this project is the fact that after the year of the University, the number of its students has doubled, and now in 2014-ZU3W has 395 students. • Since June 2009, the University has legal personality

12. ZU3W works on the basis of its ownStatute, which defines the most important tasks: • maintenance of intellectual ability, psychological and physical • Work on the social activity of older people. • Intergenerational Integration

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