School system in Poland?

i believe that was answered there

what time do kids in poland start school then finish???

i believe if you read all the above this has been answered ..... !!!!!

Maybe I didn't read something, but I think somebody forgot about some other schools:
After kids finish gimazjum, they have 4 types of schools to chose:
- Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace (higher-secondary school that's aim is to prepare for studying on a university. When you finish it, you write Matura, a general exam that gives you access to higher education and is also a certificate of middle education.)

- Technikum (something like LO, but you also get to learn a job. At the end of the school you have to pass Matura AND another exam, that checks your job qualifications. If you pass it you get a certificate that says for example that you are a competent informatic)

- Szkola zawodowa (here you concentrate on getting the job. You don't write matura)
- Liceum Profilowane (same as Techinkum, but with different array of jobs)

If you for don't want to study at the university, and don't have a job certificate (or you want another), you can go to Szkola Policealna (literally 'after-liceum school'). There they teach different skills and jobs.

i am doing a project on poland and would like to know what subjects are there?

I can tell you what they are like in liceum:
Polish
Foreign languages (usually English + one other language)
Maths
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Geography
History
Information Technology
WOS (Knowledge about Society) - sounds like Sociology, but it's more about the political and legal system in Poland
Przysposobienie Obronne - (military training?), you learn how to put your gas mask on, some stuff about military service, and later, you learn some first aid

Przedsiębiorczość (Enterprise) - how to set up a business + basics of economy
Physical Education
Religion (i.e. Roman catholic) - a student may not attend if the parents consent

In Gimnazjum it's quite similar, but you don't have Enterprise and PO

Greetings all!

I am about to move to Poznan with family for work. I am very much concerned about the Schooling for my children (age 13 and 5 ) as they donot know any polish and can only speak English. Do any good English School exist in this area? May I get the insight of some quality of schools (English) in Poznan area including the fee structure. Is POlish language a Must requirement in these schools? Also, if some body can give insight of Poznan area from an international perspective would be quite appreciated.

Thanks

Kamnad

They will be private schools, you are after all going to Poland where the national lang is Polish why on earth would they do lessons in English? You will either have to send your child to a local school where lessons are in Polish or you will have to pay for private education which will be taught in English.

I understand that private schools are very expensive.

civics

There are in fact bilingual classes in public schools that are learing some subjects in foregin language.
Most of the top rated scholls had this kind of classes recently.

Lukasz

I would very much like to send my children to Polish school and to learn Polish language and culture, but the fact remains that one of my daughter is already in 8th grade of an English Convent and it will not be easy for her to study all the subjects (Math, English, Geography, Arts, Chemistry, Physics etc) in Polish . PLus she has to take her O' level (Cambridge )exam in next two years. I just had a thought that there must be some people like as migrating from Canada, US or UK to Poland under similar circumstances. Usually in many countries there are English schools for children of foriegn officials living different countries for missions or so.


Thanks Lukasz for an encouragement. I wonder if you may recommend me some names of schools in Poznan vicinity or related sites to look more into.

Poland is different to England in that they speak Polish, as Lukasz said, there are 'some' schools that teach lessons in English.


You will have to see if Poland actually participate in the Cambridge O' Level, this is an international qualification and not to be mistaken with an English O' Level qualification.


They either send their children to schools that teach in Polish or pay for private education, families from the UK are usually in a Polish / English relationship and the move is one for life so therefore the children just go to normal state schools.


Again, foreign officials would send their child to a private school that teaches lessons in English, Poland is not for life and not their home.

I have no idea if these schools are good, I don't live in Poznań, it's just what I found on the net:

pbis.edu.pl - Poznań British International School[/url]

and another one (it's rather a Polish school, their web page seems to be still under construction)

I Prywatne Liceum Ogólnokształcące - IB School No 1002

akademiasmyka.pl - A kindergarten[/url]

You are absolutely right Shelleys. I will check it with the schools. Thanks for the feedback.


Many Thanks Krzystof for site recommendations. I have checked these and are quite hopeful. I will contact them now for more info.

Hi, I was wondering if it costs money for polish schools, any kinds of fees?

Do you mean state school ?

If so, you usually have to pay 5 to 10 zloty towards something, about once a month. It's usually for a trip or school function. You will have to pay for school books too.

I went to Poland for a year with my mom to meet relative and had to go to highschool there 3 years a go. Quite a experience when you don't know much of the language haha

what time of the day do polish students attend school ? and finish school?

Each school is different, as is each class. They usually start at about 08:00 and finish at about 14:00

There's one 'British' school that I know of. But you should be very careful with this - children attending this kind of school will be alienated from Polish life to a large degree, and many children are from a non-European background. This is fine and well if you are too - but it's not so good for a child to grow up in an environment if you are from a European background - particularly given the fact that Poland isn't very multicultural.

You might also want to consider the quality of the English being spoken by their peers - it may very well not be of a high standard, but the only option for many Asian families.

Quite helpful. Thank you

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School system in Poland?

So I heard the Polish equivalent to high school is liceum, but instead of starting at 14/15 they start at 16..
also do most kids go to liceum cause i heard it is not required..

it happened sometime in the past in big overcrowded elementary schools in cities when children happened to have a short school day with say only 4 or 3 hours - I remember myself having school days starting at eleven or even twelve pm and finishing 3 or 4 pm - I don't think it happens that much now cause there is fewer school children now in general

i think No.5 in wroclaw had a morning and afternoon shift.

I was wondering if you had to be under the age of 18 to go to public school in Poland? Is the Matura only in polish? I want to go to school there but my polish is horrible. I not only want the chance to learn polish but to study there once I can understand classes. Is this at all possible?

this may help:

ibo.org/school/search/index.cfm?programmes=&country=PL&region=&find_schools=Find

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Poland