Slovakia
Duration of
compulsory
education:
Structure of
school system:
6 to 16
Czech Republic
Finland
6 to 15
7 to 17
Pre-school education
Pre-school education
Basic education
(from 6 to 15)
Basic education
( from 7 to 16)
Secondary education
( 15 to 19 )
Secondary education
(15 to 19)
Secondary education
(16 to 19)
University education
University education
University education
Pre-school education
Basic education
( from 6 to 15)
Doctoral
programmes
Bachelor's
programmes
19 -15
Upper Secondary General
education
4-year course
15 - 6
8-year course
Post-secondary
/higher
education
Upper Secondary
education (4-5 yrs)
Secondary education
with apprenticeship
certificate (2-3yrs)
Basic School – second stage (5 – 9 form)
Basic School – first stage (1- 4 form)
6-3
Kindergarten – pre-school level
Conservatoires
19+
Master´s
programmes
Czech Republic
Doctoral
programmes
Post-secondary
education
19 -15
Secondary education with
School-leaving exam
general field
other fields
4-year course
6-year course
15 - 6
8-year course
Secondary education
with apprenticeship
certificate
Secondary
education
Basic School – second stage
(6-9 form)
Basic School – first stage (1-5 form)
6-3
Kindergarten – pre-primary level
Conservatoires
Bachelor's
programmes
Dance Conservatoires
19+
Master´s
programmes
Universities (3-5 yrs)
Polytechnics
(4 yrs)
Vocational education (3 yrs)
Upper secondary schools
(3-4 yrs)
additional 10 th form
Basic education (9 yrs)
Upper stage (7-9 form)
Lower stage (1-6 form)
Pre-school education (1 year)
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Finland
Základná škola
Základní škola
Peruskoulu
First stage 6 to 10
First stage 6 to 11
Lower stage 7-13
Second stage 10 to 15
Second stage 11 to 15
Upper stage 13-16
Voluntary one- year
additional education
(10th form)
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Finland
Upper Secondary
General education
4 /8 yrs (gymnázium)
Upper Secondary
General education
4/6/8 yrs
(gymnázium)
General Upper
Secondary education
3 - 4 yrs
(lukio/gymnasium)
Upper Secondary
education – 4 -5 yrs
Upper Secondary
Technical education
4 yrs
Upper Secondary
Vocational education
and training– 3-4 yrs
(ammatillinen
oppilaitos)
Secondary Vocational
education – 2-3 yrs
Upper Secondary
Vocational education
2-3 yrs
matriculation
examination
matriculation
examination
matriculation
examination
Business Academy
Ružomberok
Type of the
school
Students aged
Masaryk
Commercial
Academy Jičín
Finnish-Russian
School Helsinki
Secondary
Secondary
professional school technical school
Upper secondary
school gymnasium
15 - 19
15 - 19
15 -18
Provides
specialized skills,
specializes in
economics,
accounting, IT
specialized skills,
specializes in
economics, IT,
accounting
general education
Education
based on
compulsory and
optional subjects
( year classes )
compulsory and
optional subjects
( year classes )
compulsory and
specialisation
courses (min.72)
Maturita
Slovakia
Tests
Oral examination
Compulsory
3
3
General part
mother tongue
mother tongue
foreign language
foreign language
Specialized part
practical exam in
specialized subjects
(accounting, typing, IT)
Economics
Optional subjects
voluntary
Mathematics
2nd foreign language
Maturita
Czech Republic
Tests
Oral examination
Common part
Compulsory -2
Elective subjects
more than 3)
(no
mother longue
mother longue
foreign language or
mathematics
foreign language
foreign language or
mathematics
basics of civic and
social sciences
Informatics
Maturita
Czech Republic
Tests
Oral examination
Profile part
Compulsory - 3
• Practical exam
• Economics
• Optional subject
2nd foreign language
mathematics
accounting
Information technology
Ylioppilastutkinto
Finland
Tests
Compulsory
1
mother tongue
Compulsory optional subjects
min 3
the other national language
foreign language
Mathematics
general studies
Tests are arranged each spring and autumn, and candidates may
complete the examination either entirely in one examination period or in
parts within a maximum of three different examination periods.
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The schools which participated in the Comenius project have some
similarities as well as differences
The greatest similarities are between Masaryk Commercial Academy
(MCA) and Business Academy (BA) as both schools have the same
specialisation – in accounting, economics and IT
Finnish-Russian school is a school providing students with a general
education ( gymnasium)
The system of education in MCA and BA is based on compulsory and
optional subjects in year classes during 4-year study
In Finland year classes have been abolished in all upper secondary
schools, which now function without fixed forms and the composition of
teaching groups depends on the students' choice of courses
Matriculation examinations in both MCA and BA have two parts – written
and oral. Written part takes place in March and oral one in May – June
In Finland students take just written exams – tests and they are paid
Differences in assessment –in Slovakia and the Czech Republic pupils
are assessed by teachers on a scale 1-5 while in Finland on a scale 1-10