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18 Compulsory Education School attendance is compulsory for nine years, usually from the ages of 6 to 15. All pupils start their primary education in a comprehensive basic school (5 years). During the second stage (lower-secondary education) it is possible to: continue at the basic school - an option which is used by majority of pupils proceed to multi-year secondary general school (gymnázium), which is a secondary school providing a general education - this option is used by 11% of pupils proceed to eight-year conservatoire - which is used by 0.07% of pupils. Children with a severe mental disability, multiple disabilities or autism can attend special basic schools. An increasing number of pupils (3-5% in the past years) complete their compulsory school attendance before reaching the last year of basic school because they have had to repeat one or more school year(s) in which they had not succeeded in all the compulsory subjects. A number of these pupils continue their studies at secondary vocational schools where they gain a professional qualification. year of the compulsory school attendance age 914 BASIC 8 13 SCHOOL education) 7 12 ISCED 2A 611 5 10 49 (lower-secondary 6-YEAR SECONDARY GENERAL SCHOOL BASIC SCHOOL (2 years of lower- secondary education) ISCED 2A options MULTI-YEAR SECONDARY GENERAL SCHOOL (gymnázium) CONSERVATOIRE (8 years) BASIC SCHOOL 3 8 (primary education) ISCED 1 2 7 16 SPECIAL BASIC SCHOOLS (pupils with a severe mental disability, multiple disabilities or autism) 1 2011/2012: 4,111 basic schools with 794,642 pupils Basic schools accept children who have reached 6 years of age by 1 September of the year in question. Children turning 6 between the beginning of the school year and the end of the calendar year can be admitted if they are sufficiently mature, physically and mentally, and if their legal guardian applies for admission. The maturity of pupils is assessed during their enrolment in school. If a pupil is not considered mature enough to attend school he/she continues to attend either a nursery school or a preparatory class within basic schools. These classes have fewer children, each child is given individual tuition and teachers can use the help of teacher's assistants. Around 2% of pupils move into compulsory education from these classes. 2 Basic school has two levels: 3 the first stage now covers the first to fifth grades (ISCED 1) and all subjects are usually taught by a generalist teacher the second stage covers sixth to ninth grades (ISCED 2) and subjects are taught by teachers specialising mostly in two subjects, classes are coeducational 4 Pupils can leave single structure of the basic school after successfully completing the fifth year (to attend an eight-year secondary general school) or the seventh year (to attend a six-year secondary general school). The enrolment procedure usually includes an entrance examination set by the school head. There are 11 % pupils in this age group (between 11 and 15 years old) attending a secondary general school (2010/11). The enrolment procedure for education at a conservatoire is in the form of an examination to test applicant's par- ticular abilities. Only around 0.07% of pupils between 11 and 15 perform their compulsory school attendance at eight-year conservatoires. Structure and organization There has always been an even, dense distribution of basic schools. There are a great number of small munici- palities in the Czech Republic, which implies also a large number of small-sized schools (35% of basic schools have fewer than 50 pupils). Catchment areas are defined, but the choice of schools is free. The number of pupils per class is between a minimum of 17 and a maximum of 30. In 2010/11, the average class size was 20.0 (SEN pupils are not included in this number). The co-educational classes are made up of pupils of the same age. Small communities can organise schools (primary stage only) with one or more classes of mixed age. The school year begins on 1 September and ends on 31 August of the following year. In 2010/11, the school year comprises 196 days of teaching. Lessons of 45 minutes are spread over five days a week. The timetable is 18-26 lessons at the first stage, gradually increasing to 28-32 lessons at the second stage. In 2006/07 it was extended by 5 hours. Education is running mostly in the morning. Apart from education, schools offer their pupils all-day care and interest activities in the school facilities. 19

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