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The Austrian Education System

The Austrian Education System. Doris Sygmund KPH Wien/Krems June 2008. basic facts . kindergarten 57% are open all day 90% five - year olds language support fees vary according to provinces training schools for kindergarten teachers. basic facts. Compulsory education – 9 years

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The Austrian Education System

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  1. The Austrian Education System Doris Sygmund KPH Wien/Krems June 2008

  2. basic facts kindergarten • 57% are open all day • 90% five - year olds • language support • fees vary according to provinces • training schools for kindergarten teachers

  3. basic facts • Compulsory education – 9 years • 4 years of primary school • 4 years of lower secondary school *academic secondary schools *regular secondary schools • 1 year of pre-vocational school September 1st / six year – olds

  4. basic facts • upper secondary schools • (general education, business, ICT, tourism…) • special schools (for children with special needs) • homeschooling • private schools (churches, bilingual…)

  5. basic facts • Tertiary education • Universities (1365) • Post-secondary/tertiary colleges • Fachhochschule (science, ICT, job related) • Bologna process

  6. facts and figures • 1774 Maria Theresia 6 years of compulsory education • 1918 Otto Glöckel optimal education of all children regardless of gender and age • 1975 co-educational state schools • 1993 integration of children with special needs

  7. facts and figures • 2006/07 1.226.638 pupils • since 2000 minus 11,8 % in primary education • 2001 49% plus university graduates 385.000 • 2007 74 600 early school leavers – below EU average 10,9%

  8. facts and figures 2005 education expenditure 13 337,3 million € (5.4% of gross domestic product)

  9. primary school • 1class teacher (entire instruction) • 80% women • marks and verbal assessment (years1+2) • cross-curricular approach • modern foreign languages

  10. regular secondary schools ability groups working world low social status teachers – colleges municipality money academic secondary schools one ability group university high prestige teachers- university federal government money schools for 10 – 14 year olds

  11. Reforms ? • standardised tests – years 4 and 8 – results not publicised • selection criteria at an early age • children with „non-Austrian“ background • limited language knowledge (33% in Vienna)

  12. Reforms? • Social prestige of secondary academic schools • education / income of parents • Lower Austria • primary school – 6 years , period of transition

  13. Links and more detailed information • http://www.bildungssystem.at/article/articleview/324/1/69/?swlang=en • detailed description of Austrian school system in English • http://www.bildungssystem.at/ • Graphical Overview of the Austrian Education System

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