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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)
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