1. Education system of the Czech Republic

2. Pre-primary education
Nursery schools (1-3 years old)
Kindergarten (3-6 years old)
Attendance is optional

3. Primary education Primary schools (6-15/16 years old)
School attendance is compulsory
Primary schools (6-15/16 years old)
1st stage:
1-5th grade
2nd stage (representing lower secondary education):
6-9 grade; they can try to take and pass entrance exams to get to grammar schools (in Czech we call them gymnázia) or e.g. conservatory

4. School part State part Secondary education
School attendance is from the age of app /19
Can be private and state
Grammar schools (gymnázia),
High schools,
Vocational technical schools,
Conservatories,
at the end students have to take School-Leaving Examination which is devided into 2
levels (basic and higher level).
Apprentice centres; students get the certificate of apprenticement.
Two, more or less, optional subjects either chosen by students (gymnázia) or based on students‘ specialization
School part
Two compulsory subjects (Czech language and foreign language)
State part

5. Universities Take 4-6 years
Three-year courses to receive a Bachelor's Degree
Followed by two-year courses to receive a Master's Degree
Medicine usually takes 6 years
Doctoral Degrees require another several years of studying and also publishing in specialised prestigious magazins.
Exams usually consist of a written test and an interview.
The oldest university is Charles Univerzity in Prague