1. Deputy Chief School Inspector for Inspection Activity
Introduction to the Czech educational system and basic information about CSI Regional, national and international data in education and their collection in the Czech Republic New approaches to inspection activity, new tools for data collection and evaluation
PhDr. Ondřej Andrys, MAE
Deputy Chief School Inspector for Inspection Activity
International CSI a SICI workshop „Inspection Data – Collection and Use“

2. Basic information on the regional educational structure

3. Numbers in regional classification
Nurseries
Czech Republic
5011
4931
4880
4826
4809
4808
4815
4710
Prague
352
340
331
322
320
321
302
Central Bohemian Region
704
684
663
649
635
629
613
South Bohemian Region
301
298
296
294
295
291
Pilses Region
265
263
260
256
257
255
Karlovy Vary Region
122
120
119
116
118
Ústí Region
342
330
328
326
325
319
Liberec Region
239
232
228
216
215
213
204
Hradec Králové Region
297
Pardubice Region
312
309
307
308
310
Vysocina Region
279
276
274
273
275
277
South Moravian Region
645
641
633
630
614
Olomouc Region
373
369
367
360
362
365
363
Zlin Region
305
Moravian-Silesian Region
469
464
467
468
470
471
458

4. Numbers in regional classification
Basic Schools
Czech Republic
4095
4111
4123
4125
4133
4155
4199
4474
Prague
252
253
251
255
277
Central Bohemian Region
524
522
525
555
South Bohemian Region
254
261
276
Pilses Region
218
222
221
224
227
237
Karlovy Vary Region
108
110
112
115
119
128
Ústí Region
279
281
280
283
284
285
288
311
Liberec Region
205
206
207
209
226
Hradec Králové Region
264
267
268
272
307
Pardubice Region
260
274
Vysocina Region
265
266
270
South Moravian Region
475
477
474
479
503
Olomouc Region
299
301
305
304
306
309
310
334
Zlin Region
257
256
Moravian-Silesian Region
444
448
451
455
458
460
464
497

5. Numbers in regional classification
Secondary schools
Czech Republic
1347
1393
1423
1433
1438
1447
1482
2004
Prague
193
196
200
202
204
240
Central Bohemian Region
154
155
153
151
150
148
195
South Bohemian Region 90 96 97 98
106
142
Pilses Region 56 57 62 63 92
Karlovy Vary Region 38 39 40 43 70
Ústí Region 94
104
112
117
116
122
128
184
Liberec Region 51 52 53 54 61 87
Hradec Králové Region 82 81 84 85 88
121
Pardubice Region 75 74 79 78
102
Vysocina Region 76 73 72
South Moravian Region
144
143
146
147
207
Olomouc Region
100
129
Zlin Region 71 83
114
Moravian-Silesian Region
152
156
217

6. Numbers in regional classification
VET SCHOOLS
Czech Republic
178
180
182
184
177
174
176
Prague 40 39 38 37 36
Central Bohemian Region 20 19 21 18
South Bohemian Region 17 16
Pilses Region 5
Karlovy Vary Region 4 3 2
Ústí Region 9 10 11
Liberec Region 6 8
Hradec Králové Region
Pardubice Region
Vysocina Region 13 14
South Moravian Region 12 15
Olomouc Region 7
Zlin Region
Moravian-Silesian Region

7. Schools in pre-school education
Monitored parameter CZE (Ministry of Education Statistics)
Situation in the school year
Trend
2010/2011
2011/2012
Number of nurseries in total
4 880
4 931 +
Percentil of private nurseries in %
2,6
3,0
Percentil of church nurseries in %
0,6
0,7

8. Pupils in basic schools
Monitored parameter CZE (Ministry of Education)
Situation in the school year
Trend
2010/2011
2011/12
Number of basic schools pupils in total
789 486
794 642 +
Number of pupils in the first level of basic schools
465 380
474 327
Number of pupils in the second level of basic schools
324 106
320 315 -
Percentil of pupils in the program for the talented (in %)
14,3
14,4

9. Pupils in secondary education Monitored parameter Czech Republic
2009/2010
2010/2011
2011/2012
Trendy
Number of pupils in SE -
Percentil pupils in gymnazium (in %)
25,9
26,1
26,9 +
Part of pupils in schools with maturita (in %)
71,2
71,1
71,4
Percentil of pupils in art fields (in %)
1,7
1,8
2,0
Number of foreigners in SE
7 856
8 458
8 852

10. Management of the regional education

11. Ministry of Education Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Determination of basic rules and aims
Executes state administration in the school system and is responsible for the status, strategy and development of educational system
Proposes laws and regulations in the field of school legislation, issues decrees implementing the School Act
Issues Long Term Plan of education and development of the educational system in the Czech Republic
Issues Framework Education Programme including the standards
Issues catalogues of requirements for test of the maturita common part
grants and rejects the textbook and text approval clauses

12. Ministry of Education Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Approval for education
Executes inclusion and change of inclusion of schools and school facilities into the school register and deleting from the school register; at the same time it is an appellate body for the decisions of regional offices
Approves fulfilment of compulsory school attendance in so called foreign school located in the Czech Republic
Approval for exceptions and changes
Announces the experimental verification, developmental programmes, programmes for surveys in the educational outcomes
Approves usage of other than Czech language in teaching

13. Ministry of Education Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Financing
Determines the state normatives for school funding
Determines binding principles for regional offices to re-allocates funds of the state budget and for municipal offices of a town with expanded scope to propose budget reallocation
It provides funding to experimental verification and developmental programmes
Provides and performs control of correctness and efficiency of the use of financial funds allocated by the Ministry

14. Ministry of Education Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Support of education of pupils with SEN
Executes an agreement to establish a class, department, student groups for children, pupils, students with SEN; executes an agreement to establish a possition of a class assitant
Common part of the maturita exam
Is responsible for preparation and methodological management of the common part of maturita exam.
Examines the result of the maturita common part exam (didactical tests)

15. Ministry of Education Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Next
Gathers statistical data from the school and school facility documentation
Recognizes equivalence of a foreign diploma in the Czech Republic and validation in some cases (in other cases the regional office)
The function of a founder
Fulfils standard tasks of the founder in schools and school facilities

16. Regional Office
Determination of the basic rules and aims
Issues Long Term Plan of education and development of the educational system in the region
Approval for education
Executes enrolment and enrolment changes of nursery schools, school facilities (with the exception of ministerial and religious) and fields of education into the school register and deleting from the school register
Admissions to secondary schools
Coordination
Appellate Body

17. Regional Office
Supports the education of pupils with special education needs Supports the education of the EU foreigners Termination of the secondary and vocational education Cooperation in a board examination and corrective exam in the basic and secondary school

18. Regional Office
Financing
Determines the regional normatives, provides financial means to municipalities, regional and private schools
Controls dealing with provided financial means
Next
determines the school district of the local school (if the municipality does not determine)
Submits the statistical data to the Ministry
The Function of founder
Fulfils standard tasks of the founder in schools and school facilities

19. Municipal office Financing
Preparates proposals of state budget financial funds allocation and submits it to the Regional office
Next
Ensures observance of compulsory school attendance of children with the permanent residence in its locality
determines the school district of the local school
Ensure the education in nursery schools in the last year before the compulsory school attendance begins
Ensure the education of national minorities
Submits the statistical data to the Ministry
The Function of founder
Fulfils standard tasks of the founder in schools and school facilities

20. Economic conditions of regional education Pre-school education (PE)
Monitored parameter
(along the MEYS)
Situation in year
Trend
2009
2010
2011
Public expenses on PE in mil. CZK
15 983,4
16 383,3
16 279,4 -
Percentage of public expenses on PE of total education expenses (in %)
9,96
9,99
9,37
Calculated number of pedagogues in PE
24 584,3
25 736,8
26 780,6 +
Average pedagogues salary in PE in CZK
18 857
20 207
20 910
State normative in CZK*/
37 496
39 858
38 833
Expenses per one child in CZK
44 123
42 477
41 709
Average number of children per 1 pedagogue
12,8
*/ Concerning schools founded by territorial autonomous regions

21. Economic conditions of regional education
Basic education (BE)
Monitored parameter
(along the MEYS)
Situation in year
Trend
2009
2010
2011
Public expenses on BE in mil. CZK
43 674,5
41 622,3
54 543,4**/ +
Percentage of public expenses on BE of total education expenses (in %)
33,7
32,1
31,4 -
Calculated number of pedagogues in BE
58 417,3
58 023,0
57 814,8
Average pedagogues salary in BE in CZK
26 369
25 348
26 452
State normative in CZK*/
44 126
46 747
46 110
Expenses per one child in CZK
51 463
49 895
60 343**/
Average number of children per 1 pedagogue
13,6
13,7
*/ Concerning schools founded by territorial autonomous regions
**/ Number including after-schools and clubs

22. Economic conditions of regional education
Secondary education
Monitored parameter
(along the MEYS)
Stav v roce
Trend
2009
2010
2011
Public expenses on SE in mil. CZK
35 585, 9
34 486,5
33 965,6 -
Percentage of public expenses on SE of total education expenses (in %)
21,7
21,2
19,6
Calculated number of pedagogues in SE
37, 8
37,7
43,8 +
Average pedagogues salary in SE in CZK
26 879
26 324
26 986
State normative in CZK*/
52 131
54 495
53 538
Expenses per one child in CZK
56 011
57 010
55 836
Average number of children per 1 pedagogue
14,6
14,1
11,4
*/ Concerning schools founded by territorial autonomous regions

23. Evaluation of conditions, course and results of education in regional schooling

24. Position of the CSI
Governmental department founded by the Law
Administrative authority with a nation-wide powers
School inspectors
Auditors
Invited persons
Persons by whom the inspection activity is executed
Material powers
Plan of principal assignments
Evaluation criteria

25. Activity of the Czech School Inspekctorate
The Czech School inspectorate activity is to:
acquire and analyse information on education, on the activities of schools and school facilities, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the educational system
determine and asses the conditions, course and results of education in accordance with relevant school educational programmes
Determine and assess to what extent the school educational programme is met and whether it is in compliance with legal regulations and the framework educational programme
Extent state checks, checks of adherence to school legislation
Public-legal audit
Investigate of complaints

26. Activity of the Czech School Inspectorate
2. Attendance in the commissional re-examination, resit of a pupil
3. Drawing up strategic and evaluation documents
Conceptual objectives of inspection activity
System for evaluating the educational system
Annual reports of the CSI
Topical reports of the CSI
4. Attendance in applicant interview committee for a head teacher of a school or a school facility
5. Processing of offends
6. Suggestions, complaints, petitions

27. Activity of the Czech School Inspectorate
Based on its findings the Czech School Inspectorate also:
Submits a propose to erasure from the register of schools and school facilities
Submits a proposal to announcement of an open competition
Submits a proposal for dismissal of the head-teacher
Provides initiatives to relevant state authorities

28. Procedural adjustment of the CSI activity
Beginning of the inspection on the spot
The head-teacher or an other by him authorized employee of the school is entitled to be present during the inspection activity
Creating conditions for the performance of the inspection activity
The adoption of measures to eliminate the found imperfections
The authorized founder representative is entitled to be present during the inspection activity
Based on results of the inspection activity the founder takes measures for schools and school facilities that establishes
Investigation of complaints

29. Outcomes of the inspection activity
Inspection report
Protocol
Topical report
CSI annual report
Result of the complaints investigation

30. Key areas of the inspection evaluation
Criteria along the Educational Act
12 Criteria for evaluation of conditions, course and results of education (national framework of school
Equal opportunities for education
School education programmes
School management
Personnel conditions
Material prerequisites
Financial prerequisites
Effective organization of education
Effective support of personality development of children and pupils
Partnership
Effective support of development of functiotanal literacies of children and pupils
Systematic evaluation of individual and group educational results of children and pupils
Systematic evaluation of overall results of education at school

31. Regional, national and international data
Data from school records and school register
Data from the inspection activity and audit
Data from topical surveys
Inspection electronic surveys
Summary data in the context of evaluation of educational system
Results of pupils in basic and secondary schools
Data from international surveys PISA, PIRLS, TIMSS, ICILS, TALIS

32. International activities
SICI
OECD
EQAVET
Inspectorate of European Schools
International inquiers on educational results (PISA, PIRLS, TIMSS, ICILS, TALIS etc.)

33. Role of the Czech School Inspectorate in the Quality Improvement of the Educational System

34. Improvement of school evaluation quality – means of the CSI
Education audit, methodological support of schools, strong and week points, recommendations
Development of new methods, procedures and tools for inspection evaluation and innovation of recent methodological procedures for evaluation (with the use of from abroad experiences)
Accent on the issue of verification of pupils´ results (feedback)
For schools: set of standardized tests for both summative and formative evaluation, system for creation and modification of school educational programme, system for school testing, education of pedagogues for the use of new evaluation tools
Pressure on the adjustment of the Framework Education Programme and completion of standards
CSI included also the self evaluation of school into the school evaluation
Topical reports, Annual reports (information on the state of educational system, overall analysis of imperfections recognized by the inspection activity, etc.)
Evidence of the international surveys
CSI regularly notifies the Ministry about positive trends and risks

35. New approaches to inspection activity, new tools for data collection and data evaluation
Creation of a set of new inspection processes, tools and methods for detection and evaluation of quality of education, use for CSI as well as for schools
Creation of a system for evaluation of School Educational Programmes and development of technological patform for the work with School Educational Programmes
Development of computer based system for verification of pupils´ results

36. Thank you for your attention
PhDr. Ondřej Andrys, MAE
Deputy Chief School Inspector for Inspection Activity
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Czech School Inspectorate, Fráni Šrámka 37, Praha 5