Secondary specialized school

School System and Education

Internally differenced secondary school, which provides the pupils at least two-years programs, which are aimed mainly to performance occupation and special operations in national economy, public health and at most five-years education program of relevant education field. Secondary specialized school?s education, public administration, culture, and arts and in other fields, and are able to prepare pupils as well for further study. Secondary specialized schools providing an education for performance occupation and special operations are divided into several types. Specialized education and preparation at secondary specialized school develops the knowledge, skills and abilities of the pupil obtained in previous education and offer knowledge, skills and abilities inevitable for performance occupation and special operations.
Practical learning centre assumes the responsibility for education according to teaching plan and teaching outlines, and co-operates with secondary specialized school, which secures theoretical teaching of the pupils.
Secondary specialized school secures the pupils the theoretical and practical teaching. If the secondary specialized school secures only theoretical teaching, the pupils complete a practical teaching at the practical learning centre or at practical teaching workplace.
By new Act No. 245/2008, (Coll.) associated secondary school, vocational secondary school and vocational school found by existing regulations is secondary specialized school. From this reason all data on associated secondary schools, vocational secondary schools and vocational schools are included in secondary specialized schools´ data.
 

Statistical surveys carried out by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic through the Centre of Scientific and Technical Information of the Slovak Republic.