POLAND EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION IN POLAND Education in Poland is compulsory and starts at the age of six from the mandatory kindergarten .. At the age of seven, children start the first grade of primary school lasting for eight years (the duration was six years prior to 2017) and finish with an exam.The international PISA 2012 praised the progresses made by Polish education in mathematics, science and literacy; the number of top-performers having increased since 2003 while the number of low-performers decreased again In 2014, the Pearson/Economist Intelligence Unit rated Polish education as fifth best in Europe and tenth best in the world. Primary school Primary school usually starts at seven years old. Following changes introduced by 2016 act "Law on School Education" primary school was extended to 8 years.The first three year cycle is ‘integrated’, with one teacher handling all or most of the subjects, while the following five years are taught by subject-specific teachers. At the...