schools : 1. PRE – SCHOOL EDUCATION – nursery and kindergarten
2. PRIMARY EDUCATION – Elementary, Basic, Fundamental
3. SECONDARY EDUCATION – grammar school
comprehensive school (obchodná)
boarding school (internátna)
high school (stredná škola)
apprentice school (učňovská škola)
private X public
pay fees free of charge

exams: pass X fail
entrance exams X final exams

the curriculum
compulsory X elective

loans (pôžičky) / grants(dotácie) / scholarships(štipendium)

age
2-3 nursery

6
BASIC SCHOOL

11 8y Grammar school


15 GRAMMAR SCHOOL
APPRENTICE, COMPREHENSIVE
19
From Grammar school you can go on the university.
From Comprehensive school or Apprentice school you have to go at the college and then you can go at the university.

School system in USA
grades – A, B, C, D, F
(fail # win / failure # winner)
Desks are only for one.
Anybody who wants to go to college must have high school diploma and SAT (Scholastic aptitude test – multiply choice questions a), b), c), d) )
A student starting high school is called a freshman (14-15 y)

9th grade - Freshman
10th grade - Sophomore
11th grade - Junior
12th grade – Senior (17 – 18 y)

Students take classes in English, Maths, History, Science, Physical education and have elctives in art, music.
Students get grades of A, B, C, D, F for each subject. To graduate, student need enough credit.