2. Z ÁKLADNÍ ŠKOLA M LADÁ B OLESLAV Komenského nám Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic

H EADMASTER Mgr. Roman Král tel:

A BOUT OUR SCHOOL Our primary school is located in Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Republic. This school attend about 650 pupils of age 6 – 15. School attendance lasts nine years and is divided into first and second grade. 1st grade 1. – 5. class 2nd grade 6. – 9. class Students have two compulsory foreign languages: 1) English and 2) German or Spanish In our school work 39 teachers.

E DUCATION IN THE C ZECH R EPUBLIC Education in the Czech Republic is free and compulsory from ages 6 to 15. The Czech school system has four degrees: Preschools (from 2 to 5 years old) Elementary (from 6 to 15 years old, mandatory) High schools, grammar schools, colleges and training colleges Universities

E DUCATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Education in the Czech Republic is free, but there are some exceptions like preschools which are paid by parents, though only the last year before entering elementary school is free. There is also a long-standing talk about paying fees for attending university. However, as education is free, parents pay only textbooks, basic equipment and food if their child eats in a school cafeteria. The state pays health insurance for students up to 26 years of age.

E DUCATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC The elementary school (Czech: základní škola ) consists of nine grades which are divided to two substages. The first stage (grades 1–5) is usually referred to as a primary school and the second stage (grades 6–9) a secondary schools. In towns and cities both stages are usually implemented into one school; however, some villages only offer the first stage and the older children have to commute to the nearest town.Czech

H ISTORY The history of Czech education begins in 863 with invitation from Rostislav to Cyril and Methodius to come to Great Moravia and serve liturgy in the Slavonic language. A big step in education happened 7 April 1348 when Charles IV founded the first university in the central Europe in Prague. Second university in nowadays Czech republic was established in 1576 (Palacký University, Olomouc) in effort to counterweigh the influence of Protestants, who controlled the Prague University, and who constituted about 90% of country's population. Another enhancement of education was possible only after the Czechoslovak state was established, when a number of other universities were founded, for example Masaryk University, the second largest university in Czech republic. In the Enlightenment the Habsburg emperor Maria Theresa of Austria (1740–1788) passed the law that every child between ages 6 – 12 is required to attend school.

S CHOOL YEAR The school year starts on the first weekday of September and ends on the last weekday of June. It is divided into two semesters with exams at the end of each. Usually, the first semester runs from 1.9. to and the second from 1.2. to 30.6., separated by a one day break and summer holidays. The actual dates, along with holidays and breaks, are announced by each school individually and may vary slightly.