5. • Official name: Slovak Republic (SR)
• State formation date: 1st January 1993
• Membership in international organisations:
EU (since 1st May
2004), NATO, UN, UNESCO, OECD, OBSE, CERN, WHO, IN
TERPOL, etc.
• International codes: SK, SVK
• Location: Central Europe
• Capital city: Bratislava
• Official language: Slovak
• Minorities: Hungarian, Polish,
Ukrainian, German, Romany
7. age 15 – 19 (first year is compulsory) 3 streams:
1. Gymnázium – (4 years)-prepares students mainly
for university studies)
2. Technical and Vocational schools -
(4years) prepare qualified staff for different branches of
national economy or for university
3. Apprentice Centres – (3 or 4 years) prepare
students for qualified professions in industry,
construction, agriculture, etc.
8. age 19-25 , 3 levels of higher education:
1. Bachelor study programme (Bakalár)
2. Master study programme (Magister)
3. Doctoral study programme (PhD)
32 universities and colleges in Slovakia –
law, medicine, business, international relations, pedagogy,
agriculture, tourism, technology, chemistry, pharmacy,
theology, IT, ecology, environment, philology, etc.
Comenius University in Bratislava –
the oldest and the biggest
10. • Founded in 1967
• Number of students: 400
• Prepares students for:
1. professions – secretary, bank officer, accountant,
travel agent, manager...
2. university studies – Economic Uni, Faculty of Law,
others.
11. English German Russian
• Two foreign languages are compulsory:
2. – 10 hours (3-3-2-2)
1. - 16 hours (4-4-3-3+2)
• Final (School leaving) Exam from 1 foreign language –
compulsory – B1
12. • Project work – projects via Internet
• E-mail correspondence with partners from abroad
• E-twinning projects
• Video-conferences