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6 Key Facts about Education in the Czech Republic Compulsory education Compulsory school attendance is for all children at the age from 6 to 15 years. In 2010 the number of children of compulsory school age was 834 thousand, i.e. 7% of the population. The official language of instruction is Czech. Only the Polish minority has its own schools teaching in Polish (in 2010/11 there were 25 nursery schools, 21 basic schools and 3 upper secondary schools). EU benchmarks in the Czech Republic Benchmark Czech Republic in 2011 Czech Republic target for 2020 EU benchmark for 2020 Participation in early childhood education (4 years old - year before start of comp. primary) 88.7% (2010) 95% Education attainment (2011) Early leavers from education and training (age 18-24) 4.9% 5.5% 10% Early leavers from education and training Low achievers 4.9% (15 years old, PISA study results) Population aged 25-64 having completed at least upper secondary education Tertiary educational attainment (age group 30-34) 23.8% Reading Mathematics Science 23.1% (2009) 22.3% (2009) 17.3% (2009) 15% 15% 15% 92.3% Higher education attainment (age 30-34) 23.8% 32% 40% Source: Eurostat. Adult participation in lifelong learning (age 25-64) 11.4% (2010) 15% Number of schools and pupils/students (2011/2012) Type of school Number of schools Nursery schools 4,931 Primary schools 4,111 Number of pupils/students 342,521 794,642 (for primary and lower secondary education) Secondary schools 1,393 501,220 (upper secondary education, incl. VET) Conservatoires 18 3,557 Post-secondary colleges 180 29,335 Higher education (2011) --73 Higher Education Institutions divided as follows: 28 universities (26 public, 2 state) -45 private institutions --392,429 students Sources: Eurostat, OECD - PISA, European Commission: Analysis of the implementation of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020) Investments Public educational expenditure: 8,881.2 mil. EUR Educational expenditure relative to GDP: 4.38% (2009) Sources: Eurostat (data for the year 2009) 7
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