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Below, we outline the different grade levels, and years of compulsory education, in Poland. We also compare Poland’s grade level system to that of five other countries—Canada, the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, and one international curriculum—the International Baccalaureate (IB).
ISCED 2011 has nine rather than seven levels, created by dividing the tertiary pre-doctorate level into three levels. It also extended the lowest level (ISCED 0) to cover a new sub-category of early childhood educational development programmes, which target children below the age of three years.
At secondary, students have 12 compulsory subjects, including but not limited to Literature, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Geography, and Foreign language. To continue upper secondary level education, students must pass all end-of-year exams at the end of grade 9 (age 14–15).
The United States public education system is structured into three levels: elementary (also known as primary) education, middle and high school (which is secondary together) education, and college or university level (also known as post-secondary) education. Schooling starts at age 5–6 and ends anywhere from 16 to 18 depending on the school ...
Poland successfully developed by 2015 a model of education with relatively high participation rates, as compared to EU countries, in education at all of the ISCED 4-7 levels (from upper secondary education to second-cycle programmes in higher education) for young people, and with a large proportion of young people holding at least upper ...
Within the Polish school system, which is based on the 8-year primary school, the stage of lower secondary education is not formally distinguished; the 8-year primary school covers two levels: ISCED 1 (primary education) and ISCED 2 (lower secondary education).
Primary and Secondary Schools: The grading scale from 1 to 6 is universally applied, but the interpretation of these grades can vary slightly, especially in terms of effort, participation, and homework completion. Teachers have the discretion to emphasize different aspects of a student’s performance, which can influence the final grade.
