Primary and
Secondary Education in Ukraine
In Ukraine children start
going to school at the age of six
or seven. There are also kindergartens in Ukraine, where children study from
three-four years old. Primary and secondary education
is compulsory and
free. Primary and
secondary education in Ukraine is divided into:
Stage
1: the primary school –
four years of studies. Children get basic knowledge and skills in
mathematics, languages and nature study.
Stage
2: the basic secondary school
– five years of studies. Pupils get knowledge
and skills in science and humanities, mother tongue and foreign languages.
The basic school certificate gives 14–15 year olds the right to continue schooling
both at the upper secondary school and colleges or vocational schools.
Stage
3: the upper secondary school lasts two years. Pupils can
either continue their education in a secondary school
or can change schools and begin to and study more
detailed mathematics and physics, biology, history, or get computer skills and
a trade education. After finishing the 11th form
of the upper secondary school,
a lyceum or a gymnasium, one must take standard assessment tests and
go into higher education. All applicants become
students on a competitive basis according to their
test results.
1. In
Ukraine children start going to school at .....
years old.
a)
four-five b) six-seven c) five-six
2. Primary and secondary education
is ..... .
a) compulsory
b) free c)
compulsory and free
3. Primary
and secondary education in Ukraine is divided into
..... stages.
a) two b) three c) four
4. Primary
and secondary education together last ..... years.
a) ten
b) eleven c) twelve
5. Students
get the basic secondary school certificate at the age of ..... .
a) fourteen-fifteen b) fifteen-sixteen c) sixteen-seventeen
6. Students
are divided into groups according to their abilities and study
more detailed subjects in ..... school.
a) the
primary b) the basic secondary c) the
upper secondary
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