page_title: Education in Poland
hierarchical_section_title: Education in Poland
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Collegium Novum
context_page_description: Compulsory education in Poland starts at the age of six from the mandatory "0" reception class. At the age of seven kids start the 1st grade of primary school lasting for 8 years and finished with an exam. Afterwards, until 2017, pupils have joined the mandatory junior high school for three years and at the end, take another compulsory exam.
  Polish Ministry of Education established by King Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1773 was the first ministry of education in the world, and the traditions continue. 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.
  There are several alternatives for the upper secondary education later on, the most common being the four years of a liceum or five years in a technikum. Both end with a maturity exam, and may be followed by several forms of upper education, leading to Bachelor: licencjat or inżynier, Master: magister and eventually PhD: doktor.
context_section_description: Compulsory education in Poland starts at the age of six from the mandatory "0" reception class (Polish zerówka or klasa 0, literally Year 0). At the age of seven kids start the 1st grade of primary school (Polish szkoła podstawowa) lasting for 8 (6 until 2017) years and finished with an exam. Afterwards, until 2017, pupils have joined the mandatory junior high school for three years (lower secondary education) and at the end, take another compulsory exam.
  Polish Ministry of Education established by King Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1773 was the first ministry of education in the world, and the traditions continue. 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.
  There are several alternatives for the upper secondary education later on, the most common being the four (three until 2017) years of a liceum or five (four until 2017) years in a technikum. Both end with a maturity exam (matura, similar to French baccalauréat), and may be followed by several forms of upper education, leading to Bachelor: licencjat or inżynier (the Polish Bologna Process first cycle qualification), Master: magister (the Polish Bologna Process second cycle qualification) and eventually PhD: doktor (the Polish Bologna Process third cycle qualification). The system of education in Poland allows for 22 years of continuous, uninterrupted schooling.
caption: The Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków
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