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School system in Poland? [59]
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.
