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The Slovene Educational System

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Evangelia Karagianni

Presented by Peter Cigrovski in the ¡°Teaching Around the World¡± block at the SUSI program at the University of Illinois, USA (22nd June 2017)

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Peter Cigrovski, Teacher of English Maribor, Slovenia
SLOVENIA AD SLOVENIA AD
Quick Facts ? Population 2 million ?Capital Ljubljana ? 2nd biggest city Maribor ? Surface 20,273 km2 ¨C world¡¯s 150th ? Average household size 2,8 people ? An ¡®independent¡¯ republic since 1991 (Yugoslavia) ? EU member since May 1st 2004
The Slovene Educational System free of charge public PRIMARY SCHOOL ? Pupils aged 6-15 ? Takes 9 years ? Divided into 3 triads of 3 years ? English introduced as an optional subject in Year 1 and as an obligatory subject in Year 3
SECONDARY SCHOOL ? Short Upper Secondary School (2 years) ? Upper Secondary Vocational School (3 years) ? Upper Secondary Technical School (4 years) ¨C National Vocational School-leaving exam ? Upper Secondary General School (gimnazija) ¨C National School-leaving exam Syllabus Slovene, Maths, two foreign languages, Sciences (Bio, Chem, Phys), Humanities (Soc, Psy, Phil., Geography, History), Arts, IT, PE
TERTIARY EDUCATION Bologna University Degrees Two main universities (Ljubljana, Maribor) Many private universities ? BA (3 ¨C 4 years) ? MA (2 years) ? PhD (2 years min.)
MY SCHOOL ? 870 students ? 80 teachers ? 3 educational programmes ? sports classes ? National Baccalaureate, ? International Baccalaureate ¨C IB DP ? 80 extra-curricular activities ? strong international dimension ? many international exchanges (e.g. India, Israel, China, Uganda, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden)

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The Slovene Educational System

  • 1. Peter Cigrovski, Teacher of English Maribor, Slovenia
  • 3. Quick Facts ? Population 2 million ?Capital Ljubljana ? 2nd biggest city Maribor ? Surface 20,273 km2 ¨C world¡¯s 150th ? Average household size 2,8 people ? An ¡®independent¡¯ republic since 1991 (Yugoslavia) ? EU member since May 1st 2004
  • 4. The Slovene Educational System free of charge public PRIMARY SCHOOL ? Pupils aged 6-15 ? Takes 9 years ? Divided into 3 triads of 3 years ? English introduced as an optional subject in Year 1 and as an obligatory subject in Year 3
  • 5. SECONDARY SCHOOL ? Short Upper Secondary School (2 years) ? Upper Secondary Vocational School (3 years) ? Upper Secondary Technical School (4 years) ¨C National Vocational School-leaving exam ? Upper Secondary General School (gimnazija) ¨C National School-leaving exam Syllabus Slovene, Maths, two foreign languages, Sciences (Bio, Chem, Phys), Humanities (Soc, Psy, Phil., Geography, History), Arts, IT, PE
  • 6. TERTIARY EDUCATION Bologna University Degrees Two main universities (Ljubljana, Maribor) Many private universities ? BA (3 ¨C 4 years) ? MA (2 years) ? PhD (2 years min.)
  • 7. MY SCHOOL ? 870 students ? 80 teachers ? 3 educational programmes ? sports classes ? National Baccalaureate, ? International Baccalaureate ¨C IB DP ? 80 extra-curricular activities ? strong international dimension ? many international exchanges (e.g. India, Israel, China, Uganda, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden)