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What are the different school types in Hungary? · age 3-6 – nursery school

· compulsory education – from the age of 6 – elementary school

acquire basic knowledge

10-14 get acquainted with other subjects like history, geography etc

· traditionally 3 school types in secondary education:

o vocational – gives a trade

o secondary technical – trade + secondary school certificate

o grammar school – preparation for the university, lasts for 8, 6 and 4 years

§ bilingual school – 1 year preparatory language programme, subjects are taught in target language

What are the recent changes in the education system?· any school can have a language preparatory year

· tertiary education – 3 levels:

· BA (Bachelor of Arts), BSC (Bachelor of Sciences) – 3years

· MA (Master of Arts), MSC – 2 years

· Phd courses for 3 more years

· no entrance exam – admission to universities depends on the secondary advanced final exams results

Prussian type of education system· very disciplined way of learning

· students were required to have theoretical knowledge

· teachers used corporal punishment

English education system· preschool education – nursery school

· children are required to go to school between the ages of five and sixteen

· secondary school, which is normally a comprehensive school or grammar school.

· Most children go to state schools

· Few of them attend independent schools, where high tuition fees have to be paid.

· The standards of education were laid down in the National Curriculum.

· Students have to study the core subjects of English, Maths and Science, and also the foundation subject Technology, Geography, Art, Music and Physical Education.

· Children are required to take standard achievement tests at age; 11 and 14.

· At sixteen, students take exams for the General Certificate of Secondary (GCSE).

· Most students continue their studies for the A-level exam in three or four subject.

American Education system· Children have to attend school between the ages of five and sixteen.

• kindergarten,

• schooling from first grade to twelfth referred to as K-12.

· In some areas, students go to elementary school, then to middle school followed by high school.

· at the university first-graders are called freshmen, second-graders sophomores, third-graders are the juniors and the school leavers are called seniors.

· Normally, a two-year college is a stepping stone to get into a four-year school.

· There are some prestigious schools such as Ivy League school