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- Elementary
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- Grade-by-Grade
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- ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
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- Elementary education is
compulsory and lasts eight years.
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- AGE OF ADMISSION
- Age seven
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- LENGTH
- Eight years
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- PROGRAMME
OF STUDY
- Elementary school
curriculum
- Subject
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- Number of weekly periods per
grade
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- I
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- II
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- III
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- IV
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- V
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- VI
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- VII
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- VIII
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- Croatian language and literature
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- 6
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- 6
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- 6
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- 6
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- 5
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- 4
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- 4
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- 4
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- Fine Arts
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 2
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- 1
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- 1
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- Music
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 2
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- 1
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- 1
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- Foreign language
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- 2
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- 3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 3
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- Mathematics
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- 5
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- 5
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- 5
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- 5
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- 4
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- 4
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- 4
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- 4
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- Nature
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- 1.5
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- 2
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- -
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- -
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- Biology
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- 2
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- 2
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- Chemistry
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- 2
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- 2
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- Physics
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- 2
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- 2
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- Nature and Society
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- 2
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- 2
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- 3
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- 3
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- History
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- 2
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- 2
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- 2
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- 2
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- Geography
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- 1.5
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- 2
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- 2
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- 2
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- Technology
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- -
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- 1
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- 2
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- 1
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- 1
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- Physical Education
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- 3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2
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- 2
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- 2
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- 2
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- 1
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- Supplementary and Elective
Studies
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- 4
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- 4
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- 4
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- 4
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- 4
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- 4
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- 4
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- 4
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- Total weekly periods
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- 22
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- 22
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- 23
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- 24
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- 27
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- 30
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- 30
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- 30
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- ASSESSMENT AND
PROMOTION
- Students are
continuously assessed through coursework and written and oral examinations.
Upon completion of elementary school 98% of children continue their
education at secondary school.
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- GRADING SCALE
- Students are assessed
using a grading scale from one to five; five is the highest grade and two,
the lowest passing grade.
- Number
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- Croatian
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- Translation
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- WES Equivalency
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- 5
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- Odlican
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- Excellent
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- A
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- 4
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- Vrlo dobar
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- Very Good
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- A
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- 3
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- Dobar
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- Good
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- B
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- 2
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- Dovoljan
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- Satisfactory
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- C
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- 1
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- Nedovoljan
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- Unsatisfactory
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- F
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Revised: May 06, 2004
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