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Secondary education in Poland 18 years of changes Fourth ECA Education Conference Tirana, October 24-26, 2007. Jerzy Wiśniewski CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research. The school education system 1989. Centralised system. · curricula and teaching programmes
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Secondary education in Poland18 years of changesFourth ECA Education ConferenceTirana, October 24-26, 2007 Jerzy Wiśniewski CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research
Centralised system · curricula and teaching programmes • textbooks and other teaching aids ·rules for recruitment of pupils to schools, ·the school network, ·classification of occupations ·rules for awarding titles and diplomas
Vocational schools • Industry – part of state-owned enterprises • Agriculture – run by the Ministry of Agriculture • Crafts – Associations, organizations of craftsmen
Changes in VET after 1989 • Enterprises refused to finance works-based schools • taken over by the educational authorities • no longer guarantee life-long employment in one state-owned enterprise • employers not involved • slow introduction of counselling and guidance
Modernisation of VET after 1989 Efforts of the Ministry of National Education: · changes in curricula - promoting entrepreneurship; ·introducing foreign languages (difficult due to the shortage of teachers); · introducing the subject „Elements of Informatics”; · 76 independently developed curricula · work on curricular documentation for the new classification of occupations.
The reform of 1998 - 1999 • new structure of the school system; • a curricular reform - the introduction of core curricula; • the assessment and examination system; • governance and supervision • the financing of schools; • teachers promotion paths and the new system of remuneration.
The school education system proposed by the reform of 1998 80% 20%
External examinations Common compulsory tests • at the end of the primary school • at the end of the gymnasium. • the maturity examination upon completion of education in the lyceum. central examination board and regional examination boards
‘Correction’ of the reform (2001) The first decisions of the Government • delay for 3 years of the introduction ‘new matura’ • structure of the upper secondary education - (technika) would survive
New ‘Matura’ the backbone of the reform • External examinations • objective tool for the evaluation of student's and school achievements • quality assurance
What next? • General secondary • quality and relevance of tertiary education • Profiled general secondary schools • qualifications needed on the labour market • basic vocational schools • short-, long-term perspective • technical secondary schools