Bratislava

• Official name:              Slovak Republic (SR) • State formation date:  1st January 1993 • Membership in international organisations:

EU (since 1st May 2004), NATO, UN, UNESCO, OECD, OBSE, CERN, WHO, INTERPOL, etc.

• International codes:   SK, SVK• Location:                     Central Europe• Capital city:                 Bratislava

• Official language:  Slovak• Minorities:       Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Romany

Pre-primary education:

nursery schools age 3-5

Primary education: is compulsory• 1st stage 6 -10 (grades 1-4)• 2nd stage 11-15 (grades 5-9)

age 15 – 19 (first year is compulsory) 3 streams:

1. Gymnázium – (4 years)-prepares students mainly

for university studies)

2. Technical and Vocational schools - (4years) prepare qualified staff for different branches of

national economy or for university

3. Apprentice Centres – (3 or 4 years) prepare students for qualified professions in industry, construction, agriculture, etc.

age 19-25 , 3 levels of higher education:

1. Bachelor study programme (Bakalár)

2. Master study programme (Magister)

3. Doctoral study programme (PhD)

32 universities and colleges in Slovakia – law, medicine, business, international relations, pedagogy,

agriculture, tourism, technology, chemistry, pharmacy, theology, IT, ecology, environment, philology, etc.

Comenius University in Bratislava –the oldest and the biggest

Business Academy Levice

• Founded in 1967• Number of students: 400• Prepares students for: 1. professions – secretary, bank officer, accountant, travel agent, manager... 2. university studies – Economic Uni, Faculty of Law, others.

English German Russian

• Two foreign languages are compulsory: 2. – 10 hours (3-3-2-2) 1. - 16 hours (4-4-3-3+2)

• Final (School leaving) Exam from 1 foreign language – compulsory – B1

• Project work – projects via Internet• E-mail correspondence with partners from

abroad• E-twinning projects• Video-conferences

IT Classroom

Video Classroom

Gymnasium

School ball

Christmas Academy

Christmas Academy

St. Nicholas

Matriculation of first grade students

Matriculation of firstgrade students

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